ALTA CALP EXAM STUDY GUIDE
2026/2027 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS ||
100% GUARANTEED PASS
<NEWEST VERSION>
1. mastery level - ANSWER ✔ can utilize information successfully, but may
struggle or need to call upon learning strategies to do so
2. progress monitoring - ANSWER ✔ a quick probe that is done frequently in
order to make instructional changes in a timely fashion
3. profile - ANSWER ✔ a graphic compilation of the performance of an
individual on a series of assessments
4. RTI - ANSWER ✔ response to intervention; a multistep or tiered approach
to providing services and interventions at increasing intensity to students or
an entire class
5. ability - ANSWER ✔ a test designed to measure either your general
intelligence or your mental aptitude in a particular area
6. grade equivalent - ANSWER ✔ a score that describes student performance
in terms of the statistical performance of an average student at a given grade
level; ranges from K.0 to 12.9; not a dependable representation of progress
,7. GORT - ANSWER ✔ Gray Oral Reading Test; efficient and objective
measure of growth in oral reading and an aid in the diagnosis of oral reading
difficulties
8. WRAT - ANSWER ✔ Wide Range Achievement Test
9. reliability - ANSWER ✔ refers to the measurement consistency of a test
Modification - ANSWER ✔ changes in curriculum, supplementary aides or
equipment
provision of specialized facilities that allow students to participate in
educational environment to fullest extent possible
10.accommodation - ANSWER ✔ provide different ways for kids to take in
information or communicate their knowledge back to you
11.changes do not alter or lower the standards or expectations of a subject or a
test
12.Social/emotional problems related to dyslexia - ANSWER ✔ Children may
be physical/socially immature
may be socially awkward
may have difficulty reading social cues
may have trouble finding the right words, stammering
may feel anxious in school
13.social language - ANSWER ✔ involve at least two people
includes the ability to maintain eye contact, understand body language of
others, take turns in a conversation, stick to the subject, use oral language
appropriate for the situation
,14.5 disorders the related to dyslexia - ANSWER ✔ Developmental auditory
imperception, dysphasia, specific developmental dyslexia, developmental
dysgraphia, developmental spelling disability
15.ADHD - ANSWER ✔ Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
16.attention - ANSWER ✔ selective focus on what is important while screening
out distractions
17.dyslexia - ANSWER ✔ a specific learning disability
neurological in origin
characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition
and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. Difficulties typically result from
a deficit in the phonological component of language that is often unexpected
in relation to other cognitive abilities and the provision or effective
classroom instruction; secondary consequent may include problems in
reading comprehension and reduced reading experience that can impede the
growth of vocabulary
18.Explicit Instruction - ANSWER ✔ direct instruction
19.Fernald Method - ANSWER ✔ technique for learning words that involves
the visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile (VAKT) modalities. The student
looks at a word while saying and tracing it.
20.Implicit Instruction - ANSWER ✔ Implied, indirect teaching, no specific
guidance
, 21.Synthetic Instruction - ANSWER ✔ present the parts of the language and
then teaches how the parts work together to make a whole. Part of a MSLE
Program
22.whole language approach - ANSWER ✔ An approach to reading instruction
based on the idea that instruction should parallel children's natural language
learning. Reading materials should be whole and meaningful.
23.Allophone - ANSWER ✔ slight and predictable variations in production of
vowels and consonants pop
24.flap - ANSWER ✔ reduction of t and d
25.Fricatives - ANSWER ✔ produced by a constant flow of air through the
vocal tract (f and v)
26.glide - ANSWER ✔ vowel-like sound produced by gliding movement of the
articulators w y
27.onset - ANSWER ✔ beginning
28.Phonemic Awareness - ANSWER ✔ awareness of the individual phonemes
of a language
29.Phonetics - ANSWER ✔ study of the linguistic speech sounds and how they
are produced and perceived
2026/2027 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS ||
100% GUARANTEED PASS
<NEWEST VERSION>
1. mastery level - ANSWER ✔ can utilize information successfully, but may
struggle or need to call upon learning strategies to do so
2. progress monitoring - ANSWER ✔ a quick probe that is done frequently in
order to make instructional changes in a timely fashion
3. profile - ANSWER ✔ a graphic compilation of the performance of an
individual on a series of assessments
4. RTI - ANSWER ✔ response to intervention; a multistep or tiered approach
to providing services and interventions at increasing intensity to students or
an entire class
5. ability - ANSWER ✔ a test designed to measure either your general
intelligence or your mental aptitude in a particular area
6. grade equivalent - ANSWER ✔ a score that describes student performance
in terms of the statistical performance of an average student at a given grade
level; ranges from K.0 to 12.9; not a dependable representation of progress
,7. GORT - ANSWER ✔ Gray Oral Reading Test; efficient and objective
measure of growth in oral reading and an aid in the diagnosis of oral reading
difficulties
8. WRAT - ANSWER ✔ Wide Range Achievement Test
9. reliability - ANSWER ✔ refers to the measurement consistency of a test
Modification - ANSWER ✔ changes in curriculum, supplementary aides or
equipment
provision of specialized facilities that allow students to participate in
educational environment to fullest extent possible
10.accommodation - ANSWER ✔ provide different ways for kids to take in
information or communicate their knowledge back to you
11.changes do not alter or lower the standards or expectations of a subject or a
test
12.Social/emotional problems related to dyslexia - ANSWER ✔ Children may
be physical/socially immature
may be socially awkward
may have difficulty reading social cues
may have trouble finding the right words, stammering
may feel anxious in school
13.social language - ANSWER ✔ involve at least two people
includes the ability to maintain eye contact, understand body language of
others, take turns in a conversation, stick to the subject, use oral language
appropriate for the situation
,14.5 disorders the related to dyslexia - ANSWER ✔ Developmental auditory
imperception, dysphasia, specific developmental dyslexia, developmental
dysgraphia, developmental spelling disability
15.ADHD - ANSWER ✔ Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
16.attention - ANSWER ✔ selective focus on what is important while screening
out distractions
17.dyslexia - ANSWER ✔ a specific learning disability
neurological in origin
characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition
and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. Difficulties typically result from
a deficit in the phonological component of language that is often unexpected
in relation to other cognitive abilities and the provision or effective
classroom instruction; secondary consequent may include problems in
reading comprehension and reduced reading experience that can impede the
growth of vocabulary
18.Explicit Instruction - ANSWER ✔ direct instruction
19.Fernald Method - ANSWER ✔ technique for learning words that involves
the visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile (VAKT) modalities. The student
looks at a word while saying and tracing it.
20.Implicit Instruction - ANSWER ✔ Implied, indirect teaching, no specific
guidance
, 21.Synthetic Instruction - ANSWER ✔ present the parts of the language and
then teaches how the parts work together to make a whole. Part of a MSLE
Program
22.whole language approach - ANSWER ✔ An approach to reading instruction
based on the idea that instruction should parallel children's natural language
learning. Reading materials should be whole and meaningful.
23.Allophone - ANSWER ✔ slight and predictable variations in production of
vowels and consonants pop
24.flap - ANSWER ✔ reduction of t and d
25.Fricatives - ANSWER ✔ produced by a constant flow of air through the
vocal tract (f and v)
26.glide - ANSWER ✔ vowel-like sound produced by gliding movement of the
articulators w y
27.onset - ANSWER ✔ beginning
28.Phonemic Awareness - ANSWER ✔ awareness of the individual phonemes
of a language
29.Phonetics - ANSWER ✔ study of the linguistic speech sounds and how they
are produced and perceived
