Early Literacy Domains Flashcards

A student hears 'chip' and says the individual sounds /ch/ /ĭ/ /p/. This demonstrates:

Answer: Phoneme segmentation

Phoneme segmentation is the ability to break a spoken word apart into its individual constituent phonemes.

Which assessment feature makes STAR Early Literacy a computer-adaptive test (CAT)?

Answer: It adjusts question difficulty based on the student's previous responses in real time

CAT algorithms select each subsequent item based on student performance, increasing precision while minimizing test length.

Concepts of print assessed by STAR Early Literacy include all of the following EXCEPT:

Answer: Applying morphological rules to generate plurals

Applying morphological rules (pluralization) is a grammar and structural analysis skill, not a concepts-of-print skill.

A child who can read 'cat,' 'bat,' and 'hat' but cannot read 'cap' is MOST likely relying on:

Answer: Sight-word memory for specific rime patterns

Recognizing only practiced rime families without transferring phonics knowledge suggests partial alphabetic or logographic reading.

Which of the following is a TIER 2 vocabulary word appropriate for early literacy instruction?

Answer: Determined

Tier 2 words like 'determined' are high-frequency academic words that appear across domains and significantly expand comprehension.

STAR Early Literacy's Scaled Score (SS) is designed primarily to:

Answer: Track individual student growth across multiple testing windows over time

The continuous scaled score enables teachers to monitor growth trajectories from kindergarten through third grade.

Phoneme blending and phoneme segmentation are considered MORE advanced phonological awareness skills than rhyming because:

Answer: They require conscious manipulation of individual phonemes rather than detecting word-level sound similarities

Operating at the phoneme level requires finer-grained auditory discrimination and greater cognitive demand than rhyme detection.