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

Answer

Criterion-referenced scores compare a student's performance to a fixed standard of expected skill, not to other students.

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

Answer

Lack of response after 8 weeks indicates a need to intensify or change the intervention and potentially pursue diagnostic evaluation.

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

Answer

Running records capture a student's oral reading behaviors — including errors, substitutions, and self-corrections — during live reading.

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

Answer

Benchmarking involves assessing all students against established grade-level expectations, typically three times per year (fall, winter, spring).

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

Answer

Structured literacy interventions are explicit, systematic, and cumulative, often incorporating multisensory techniques (Orton-Gillingham approach).

STR - Science of Teaching Reading Practice Test