FTCE ELEMENTARY EDUCATION K 6
LANGUAGE ARTS COMPREHENSIVE TEST
PAPER 2026 FULL SOLUTION STUDY
GUIDE
● Diagnostic Tests. Answer: standardized test that pinpoints a students
specific reading strengths or weakness.
● Formative Assessments. Answer: ongoing and informal such as
quizzes, exit-ticket, feedback prompts, student response to informal
questions, classroom or individual discussions, classwork, homework,
teacher observation.
● Criterion-Referenced. Answer: demonstrates mastery of learning
objectives
● Performance-Based/Authentic. Answer: application and
demonstration of skill beyond traditional testing through completion of a
complex task, such as long writing assignment, science project, speech,
presentation, or performance.
● Summative Assessment. Answer: take place at the end of a unit or
grade to determine if instructional goals and learning outcomes were
met.
, ● Unit Exam. Answer: created by a teacher or from textbook
supplements.
● Common Exam. Answer: created by a group of teachers for the same
content or grade.
● Norm-Referenced. Answer: compares a student's performance to the
performance of a larger, pre-established group the ("norm group") of
peers. (percentile rankings)
● Stanine scores. Answer: 1-3, 4-6, 7-9
● below average stanine score. Answer: 1-3
● average stanine score. Answer: 4-6
● above average stanine score. Answer: 7-9
● High-Stakes Test. Answer: summative assessments whose purpose is
accountability.
LANGUAGE ARTS COMPREHENSIVE TEST
PAPER 2026 FULL SOLUTION STUDY
GUIDE
● Diagnostic Tests. Answer: standardized test that pinpoints a students
specific reading strengths or weakness.
● Formative Assessments. Answer: ongoing and informal such as
quizzes, exit-ticket, feedback prompts, student response to informal
questions, classroom or individual discussions, classwork, homework,
teacher observation.
● Criterion-Referenced. Answer: demonstrates mastery of learning
objectives
● Performance-Based/Authentic. Answer: application and
demonstration of skill beyond traditional testing through completion of a
complex task, such as long writing assignment, science project, speech,
presentation, or performance.
● Summative Assessment. Answer: take place at the end of a unit or
grade to determine if instructional goals and learning outcomes were
met.
, ● Unit Exam. Answer: created by a teacher or from textbook
supplements.
● Common Exam. Answer: created by a group of teachers for the same
content or grade.
● Norm-Referenced. Answer: compares a student's performance to the
performance of a larger, pre-established group the ("norm group") of
peers. (percentile rankings)
● Stanine scores. Answer: 1-3, 4-6, 7-9
● below average stanine score. Answer: 1-3
● average stanine score. Answer: 4-6
● above average stanine score. Answer: 7-9
● High-Stakes Test. Answer: summative assessments whose purpose is
accountability.
