CALT Formal and Informal Assessment for Dyslexia 2

Question 1

Which standardized assessment is commonly used to evaluate phonological processing in students suspected of having dyslexia?

Accepted Answer

Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing (CTOPP-2)

Answer

The CTOPP-2 is a norm-referenced standardized assessment designed to measure phonological awareness, phonological memory, and rapid naming, which are core processing areas affected in dyslexia.

Question 2

Curriculum-based measurement in reading primarily tracks:

Accepted Answer

A student's rate and accuracy on grade-level reading probes over time

Answer

CBM provides frequent, brief measures of reading fluency to monitor progress and evaluate the effectiveness of intervention.

Question 3

A CALT notices that a student's reading fluency score is significantly below average but their listening comprehension is age-appropriate. This pattern most suggests:

Accepted Answer

A specific word-level reading deficit consistent with dyslexia

Answer

A discrepancy between strong listening comprehension and poor reading fluency indicates the difficulty is specific to word-level decoding rather than general language or intellectual ability.

Question 4

An informal reading inventory can help a CALT determine a student's:

Accepted Answer

Independent, instructional, and frustration reading levels

Answer

Informal reading inventories identify three reading levels to guide text selection in instruction.

Question 5

When a CALT conducts a phoneme segmentation assessment, they are measuring the student's ability to:

Accepted Answer

Break spoken words into their individual sounds

Answer

Phoneme segmentation requires the student to isolate and identify each individual phoneme in a spoken word.

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CALT Formal and Informal Assessment for Dyslexia 2