d. 64% nationally, with African-American and Hispanic students making up
a disproportionate amount - Correct AnswerAccording to the 2015 National
Assessment of Educational Progress, what percentage of fourth-grade
students have scored "basic"; or "below basic"; in reading?
a. 33% of students nationally, equally split among white, African-American,
and Hispanic students
b. 23% nationally, with African-American and Hispanic students making up
a disproportionate amount
c. 50% nationally, with white students making up a disproportionate amount
d. 64% nationally, with African-American and Hispanic students making up
a disproportionate amount
c. Its spelling system represents meaningful parts (morphemes) as well as
sounds. - Correct AnswerWhat characteristic makes English a "deep"
alphabetic orthography?
a. Its spelling system is entirely phonetic.
b. Its spelling system shares many word roots with other languages.
c. Its spelling system represents meaningful parts (morphemes) as well as
sounds.
d. Its spelling patterns have not been completely stable over time.
d. visual-motor skills and visual-spatial reasoning - Correct AnswerWhich
skills are least correlated with reading comprehension in children?
a. spelling and writing
b. oral language skills
c. word-reading accuracy and fluency
d. visual-motor skills and visual-spatial reasoning
d. Both are equally important. - Correct AnswerAccording to the Simple
View of Reading model, which is more important to reading comprehension
—word recognition or language comprehension?
a. Word recognition is much more important.
b. Language comprehension is much more important.
c. Word recognition is slightly more important.
d. Both are equally important.