Ohio Assessments for Educators OAE (Reading) 5

Question 1

Which of these best measures reading comprehension rather than decoding?

Accepted Answer

Answering questions about a passage's main idea

Answer

Answering main-idea questions requires understanding meaning, not just decoding words.

Question 2

A teacher groups students by shared skill needs and adjusts instruction accordingly. This practice is:

Accepted Answer

Differentiated instruction

Answer

Tailoring instruction to students' varying needs is differentiation.

Question 3

The suffix '-less' in 'hopeless' indicates:

Accepted Answer

Without

Answer

The suffix '-less' means 'without,' so 'hopeless' means without hope.

Question 4

Which strategy best helps a reader who decodes accurately but forgets what she read?

Accepted Answer

Pausing to summarize after each paragraph

Answer

Periodic summarizing strengthens retention and comprehension monitoring.

Question 5

A teacher assessing 'concepts of print' would check whether a student knows to:

Accepted Answer

Track words left to right and top to bottom

Answer

Concepts of print include directionality, such as reading left-to-right and top-to-bottom.

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