STR Literacy Assessment and Intervention 2

Question 1

Which assessment metric indicates how a student's performance compares to a predetermined level of expected skill?

Accepted Answer

Criterion-referenced score

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Norm-referenced score

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Age-equivalent score

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Standard deviation

Question 2

A student is in Tier 2 intervention. Progress monitoring shows no growth after 8 weeks. The BEST next step is to:

Accepted Answer

Intensify intervention and consider diagnostic evaluation

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Continue the same intervention for 8 more weeks

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Refer immediately for special education evaluation without changes

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Move student back to Tier 1 only

Question 3

Which informal assessment allows teachers to observe a student's reading behaviors, errors, and self-corrections in real time?

Accepted Answer

Running record

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Standardized reading test

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Maze probe

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End-of-unit test

Question 4

In the context of assessment, what does 'benchmarking' refer to?

Accepted Answer

Measuring all students against grade-level expectations at set points in the year

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Testing only the lowest-performing students

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Identifying gifted students

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Assessing only phonological awareness

Question 5

Which of the following is a hallmark of a structured literacy intervention program?

Accepted Answer

Explicit, systematic, and cumulative instruction with multisensory techniques

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Implicit phonics instruction embedded in reading

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Whole-language emphasis on meaning

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Student-led learning without scope and sequence

Question 6

Dynamic assessment differs from static assessment in that it:

Accepted Answer

Includes mediated learning to assess a student's response to instruction

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Uses only standardized norms

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Measures only fluency rates

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Is given only once a year