LETRS
UNIT 1
Sessions 1 - 8 & Final Assessment.
Pass on the first attempt
Actual Questions & Answers with Rationales
This comprehensive resource includes:
• LETRS Unit 1: Sessions 1–8
• LETRS Unit 1 Final Assessment
• Verified answers and Expert Rationales
• Highlighted and bolded content for easy review
• Clean and printable PDF format
,Table of Contents
2025 LETRS Unit 1 Session 1 ............................................................. 3
2025 LETRS Unit 1 Session 2 ............................................................. 5
2025 LETRS Unit 1 Session 3 ............................................................. 8
2025 LETRS Unit 1 Session 4 ........................................................... 11
2025 LETRS Unit 1 Session 5 ........................................................... 13
2025 LETRS Unit 1 Session 6 ........................................................... 16
2025 LETRS Unit 1 Session 7 ........................................................... 19
2025 LETRS Unit 1 Session 8 ........................................................... 22
2025 LETRS Unit 1 Final Assessment ............................................. 24
, 2025 LETRS Unit 1 Session 1
1. According to results from the National Assessment of
Educational Progress (NAEP), which of the following is true?
a. There are no significant differences between student subgroups.
b. All students perform equally well in reading and math.
c. Achievement gaps have been completely closed in recent years.
d. Gaps persist between certain subgroups of students.
Correct Answer: d. Gaps persist between certain subgroups of students.
**Expert Rationale:** The NAEP consistently reports achievement gaps
between students from
different socioeconomic, racial, and linguistic backgrounds. Despite some
improvements, these gaps remain persistent, underscoring the ongoing
need for targeted educational interventions.
2.Reading comprehension is not a single construct. Rather, the ability
to understand what you
read relies on multiple components. Once readers become more
skilled in word recognition, which of the following components
increase in their importance?
a. Phonological awareness and decoding
b. Letter-sound correspondence and blending
c. Cognates and syllable awareness
d. Background knowledge and vocabulary
Correct Answer: d. Background knowledge and vocabulary
**Expert Rationale:** As decoding becomes automatized, cognitive
resources shift towards making meaning of text, making vocabulary and
prior knowledge more critical for comprehension. These
components help readers interpret text beyond word-level decoding.
3.Which statement most accurately describes how the human
brain has evolved to process spoken and written language?
, a. Our brains have evolved to process spoken language much more
easily than alphabetic writing.
b. Our brains have evolved to process spoken and written language
equally well.
c. Our brains process spoken language and pictorial writing equally
well but have not evolved to process alphabetic writing.
d. Our brains have evolved to process alphabetic writing better than
spoken language.
Correct Answer: a. Our brains have evolved to process spoken language
much more easily than alphabetic writing.
**Expert Rationale:** Spoken language processing is innate and
biologically primed due to its
evolutionary history. Written language, including alphabetic systems, is
relatively recent and requires explicit learning and neural repurposing.
4.What characteristic makes English a "deep" alphabetic
orthography?
a. Its spelling system is strictly phonetic with one letter per sound.
b. It has very few irregular words.
c. Its spelling system represents meaningful parts (morphemes) as well
as sounds.
d. It does not use morphemes in its spelling system.
Correct Answer: c. Its spelling system represents meaningful parts
(morphemes) as well as sounds.
**Expert Rationale:** English orthography is "deep" because it encodes
meaning units (morphemes) alongside phonemes, leading to many
irregularities and complex spelling patterns that go beyond simple sound-
letter correspondences.
5.According to the Simple View of Reading model, which is
more important to reading comprehension—word
recognition or language comprehension?
UNIT 1
Sessions 1 - 8 & Final Assessment.
Pass on the first attempt
Actual Questions & Answers with Rationales
This comprehensive resource includes:
• LETRS Unit 1: Sessions 1–8
• LETRS Unit 1 Final Assessment
• Verified answers and Expert Rationales
• Highlighted and bolded content for easy review
• Clean and printable PDF format
,Table of Contents
2025 LETRS Unit 1 Session 1 ............................................................. 3
2025 LETRS Unit 1 Session 2 ............................................................. 5
2025 LETRS Unit 1 Session 3 ............................................................. 8
2025 LETRS Unit 1 Session 4 ........................................................... 11
2025 LETRS Unit 1 Session 5 ........................................................... 13
2025 LETRS Unit 1 Session 6 ........................................................... 16
2025 LETRS Unit 1 Session 7 ........................................................... 19
2025 LETRS Unit 1 Session 8 ........................................................... 22
2025 LETRS Unit 1 Final Assessment ............................................. 24
, 2025 LETRS Unit 1 Session 1
1. According to results from the National Assessment of
Educational Progress (NAEP), which of the following is true?
a. There are no significant differences between student subgroups.
b. All students perform equally well in reading and math.
c. Achievement gaps have been completely closed in recent years.
d. Gaps persist between certain subgroups of students.
Correct Answer: d. Gaps persist between certain subgroups of students.
**Expert Rationale:** The NAEP consistently reports achievement gaps
between students from
different socioeconomic, racial, and linguistic backgrounds. Despite some
improvements, these gaps remain persistent, underscoring the ongoing
need for targeted educational interventions.
2.Reading comprehension is not a single construct. Rather, the ability
to understand what you
read relies on multiple components. Once readers become more
skilled in word recognition, which of the following components
increase in their importance?
a. Phonological awareness and decoding
b. Letter-sound correspondence and blending
c. Cognates and syllable awareness
d. Background knowledge and vocabulary
Correct Answer: d. Background knowledge and vocabulary
**Expert Rationale:** As decoding becomes automatized, cognitive
resources shift towards making meaning of text, making vocabulary and
prior knowledge more critical for comprehension. These
components help readers interpret text beyond word-level decoding.
3.Which statement most accurately describes how the human
brain has evolved to process spoken and written language?
, a. Our brains have evolved to process spoken language much more
easily than alphabetic writing.
b. Our brains have evolved to process spoken and written language
equally well.
c. Our brains process spoken language and pictorial writing equally
well but have not evolved to process alphabetic writing.
d. Our brains have evolved to process alphabetic writing better than
spoken language.
Correct Answer: a. Our brains have evolved to process spoken language
much more easily than alphabetic writing.
**Expert Rationale:** Spoken language processing is innate and
biologically primed due to its
evolutionary history. Written language, including alphabetic systems, is
relatively recent and requires explicit learning and neural repurposing.
4.What characteristic makes English a "deep" alphabetic
orthography?
a. Its spelling system is strictly phonetic with one letter per sound.
b. It has very few irregular words.
c. Its spelling system represents meaningful parts (morphemes) as well
as sounds.
d. It does not use morphemes in its spelling system.
Correct Answer: c. Its spelling system represents meaningful parts
(morphemes) as well as sounds.
**Expert Rationale:** English orthography is "deep" because it encodes
meaning units (morphemes) alongside phonemes, leading to many
irregularities and complex spelling patterns that go beyond simple sound-
letter correspondences.
5.According to the Simple View of Reading model, which is
more important to reading comprehension—word
recognition or language comprehension?
