ALTA CALT Exam Study Guide for 2025
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1. Chall's Pre-reading A developmental stage for children ages 6 months to 6 years that includes
Stage features such as sound symbol association.
2. Phoneme Smallest Unit of sound in a spoken word.
3. Morphology The linguistic knowledge that would best enable a student to understand
the word anthropomorphic.
4. Teaching Pragmatics Teaching pragmatics through oral language may positively impact a stu-
dent's understanding of implied meaning in written language.
5. Three Speech A group of words that contain three speech sounds, such as night through
Sounds Group sawed.
6. Developmental Current research has led to the conclusion that a 'glitch' may have taken place
Dyslexia Research during fetal development.
7. Social Development An individual with dyslexia might experience delays in social development as
Delays in Dyslexia demonstrated by a lack of good judgment, inability to stick with a game, and
erratic emotional behavior.
8. Poor Visual Learner A student who learns better from a lecture/class discussion rather than from
the printed page.
9. Multisensory Strate- Most students will learn and retain information better if instruction is given
gies through multisensory strategies (VALT).
10. Dyslexia Misconcep- Research supports that dyslexia is a disorder that can be remediated
tion through corrective vision.
11. Informal Assess- The type of assessment a teacher should give to a student making A's and
ment B's but is a slow reader due to reading difficulties.
12.
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Criterion-Refer- The Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Education Battery is an academic achieve-
enced Test ment test that is criterion-referenced.
13. Grade Equivalent Grade equivalent scores are not a dependable representation of progress.
Scores
14. Individual Education An IEP for a student identified with a learning disability does not include a
Plan (IEP) prescription for a specific intervention.
15. Informal Screening A brief assessment that identifies students who may need additional testing
or alternative instruction.
16. Conner's Rating Used to measure Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
Scales
17. Entitlement to Bene- A person with an impairment that significantly limits one or more of life's
fits major functions is entitled to benefits under both Section 504 and IDEA.
18. Reading Disability In- According to the National Reading Panel Report (2000), a deficit in phonol-
dicator ogy represents the strongest indication of a reading disability.
19. Hearing Notification A member shall be advised of the specifics of the complaint no less than 15
Period days prior to the date set for the hearing.
20. IMSLEC & ALTA Ther- An IMSLEC & ALTA therapist shall neither give nor receive a commission
apist Responsibilities rebate or any other form of remuneration for the referral of students for
therapy.
21. Student Placement If a private student has reached all benchmarks, you should give parents
Recommendation documentation of the services he has received and discuss gradual transi-
tion into the classroom.
22. IMSLEC & ALTA As an MSL teacher/therapist, you should provide reasonable expectations of
Codes of Ethics student outcomes to students & parents.
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23. Code of Ethics Fees for services to clients will be set by training courses.
24. Ethical advice to Mr. Advise Mr. Smith that you are not yet fully qualified.
Smith
25. Recall item Requires the examinee to remember specific information.
26. Example of recall Parts of speech and sentence structure belong in which language domain?:
item Syntax.
27. Application item Requires the examinee to make use of knowledge.
28. Example of applica- Errors such as 'hav' for 'have' and 'hors' for 'horse' indicate a student would
tion item benefit from instruction in orthographic patterns.
29. Instructional needs Identify the syllable type.
for misreading
30. Consonant /p/, /m/, and /f/.
phonemes requiring
lips
31. Essential component Spelling.
for dyslexia evalua-
tion
32. Individuals with Dis- Enacted in 1975 as PL 94-142, updated in 1990 and reauthorized in 2004;
abilities Education 'Specific Learning Disability' is an identifiable category of disability with eight
Act (IDEA) academic domains.
33. Phonological pro- Naming.
cessing component
34. Working memory.
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1. Chall's Pre-reading A developmental stage for children ages 6 months to 6 years that includes
Stage features such as sound symbol association.
2. Phoneme Smallest Unit of sound in a spoken word.
3. Morphology The linguistic knowledge that would best enable a student to understand
the word anthropomorphic.
4. Teaching Pragmatics Teaching pragmatics through oral language may positively impact a stu-
dent's understanding of implied meaning in written language.
5. Three Speech A group of words that contain three speech sounds, such as night through
Sounds Group sawed.
6. Developmental Current research has led to the conclusion that a 'glitch' may have taken place
Dyslexia Research during fetal development.
7. Social Development An individual with dyslexia might experience delays in social development as
Delays in Dyslexia demonstrated by a lack of good judgment, inability to stick with a game, and
erratic emotional behavior.
8. Poor Visual Learner A student who learns better from a lecture/class discussion rather than from
the printed page.
9. Multisensory Strate- Most students will learn and retain information better if instruction is given
gies through multisensory strategies (VALT).
10. Dyslexia Misconcep- Research supports that dyslexia is a disorder that can be remediated
tion through corrective vision.
11. Informal Assess- The type of assessment a teacher should give to a student making A's and
ment B's but is a slow reader due to reading difficulties.
12.
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Criterion-Refer- The Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Education Battery is an academic achieve-
enced Test ment test that is criterion-referenced.
13. Grade Equivalent Grade equivalent scores are not a dependable representation of progress.
Scores
14. Individual Education An IEP for a student identified with a learning disability does not include a
Plan (IEP) prescription for a specific intervention.
15. Informal Screening A brief assessment that identifies students who may need additional testing
or alternative instruction.
16. Conner's Rating Used to measure Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
Scales
17. Entitlement to Bene- A person with an impairment that significantly limits one or more of life's
fits major functions is entitled to benefits under both Section 504 and IDEA.
18. Reading Disability In- According to the National Reading Panel Report (2000), a deficit in phonol-
dicator ogy represents the strongest indication of a reading disability.
19. Hearing Notification A member shall be advised of the specifics of the complaint no less than 15
Period days prior to the date set for the hearing.
20. IMSLEC & ALTA Ther- An IMSLEC & ALTA therapist shall neither give nor receive a commission
apist Responsibilities rebate or any other form of remuneration for the referral of students for
therapy.
21. Student Placement If a private student has reached all benchmarks, you should give parents
Recommendation documentation of the services he has received and discuss gradual transi-
tion into the classroom.
22. IMSLEC & ALTA As an MSL teacher/therapist, you should provide reasonable expectations of
Codes of Ethics student outcomes to students & parents.
, ALTA CALT Exam Study Guide for 2025
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23. Code of Ethics Fees for services to clients will be set by training courses.
24. Ethical advice to Mr. Advise Mr. Smith that you are not yet fully qualified.
Smith
25. Recall item Requires the examinee to remember specific information.
26. Example of recall Parts of speech and sentence structure belong in which language domain?:
item Syntax.
27. Application item Requires the examinee to make use of knowledge.
28. Example of applica- Errors such as 'hav' for 'have' and 'hors' for 'horse' indicate a student would
tion item benefit from instruction in orthographic patterns.
29. Instructional needs Identify the syllable type.
for misreading
30. Consonant /p/, /m/, and /f/.
phonemes requiring
lips
31. Essential component Spelling.
for dyslexia evalua-
tion
32. Individuals with Dis- Enacted in 1975 as PL 94-142, updated in 1990 and reauthorized in 2004;
abilities Education 'Specific Learning Disability' is an identifiable category of disability with eight
Act (IDEA) academic domains.
33. Phonological pro- Naming.
cessing component
34. Working memory.
