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1. decoding: recognition of the visual symbol, symbol/sound correspondence, and
blending sounds into a word are all part of-
2. Pre-Reading Stage: language appreciation, awareness of printed words, mas-
tery of alphabet and simple words
3. Greek elements: eu, chloro
4. Current Research on the brain and developmental dyslexia: A "glitch" may
have taken place during fetal development
5. Dyslexia and Social Development: May see: a lack of good judgement, the
inability to stick with a game, erratic emotional behavior
6. Grade equivalent scores: Not a dependable representation of progress
7. Woodcock Johnson Psycho-Education Battery: a cognitive/ norm refer-
enced test
8. Synthetic instruction: Teaching phonics by taking sounds and blending them
together into words.
9. Analytic instruction: Teaching phonics by taking words and breaking them into
parts. Whole to part approach.
10. Linguistics: Study of production, properties, structure, meaning and or use of
language.
11. % of students with specific learning disabilities receiving special educa-
tion services that have a deficit in reading: 70-80%
12. According to the National Reading Panel (2000) this represents the
strongest indication of a reading disability: a deficit in phonology
13. Section 504 and IDEA: A person who has, has a history of having, or is
regarded as having an impairment that significantly limits one or more of life's major
functions receives benefits under these
14. Appropriate education under Section 504 may include: regular classroom,
regular classroom with accommodations, or special education and related services
15. ALTA Code of Ethics and IMSLEC: provide reasonable expectations of stu-
dent outcomes to parents and students
16. Recommendations for private students: give parents documentation of the
services received from you and discuss gradual transition into the classroom
17. Professional Communication: Personal pronouns are unprofessional
18. ADHD: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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19. ALTA: Academic Language Therapy Association
20. ESL: English as a Second Language
21. IDEA: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
22. IEP: Individualized Education Plan
23. IMSLEC: International Multi-sensory Structured Education Council
24. MSL: Multisensory Structured Language
25. MSLE: Multisensory Structured Language Education
26. NICHD: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
27. VAKT: Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic/Tactile
28. WRAT: Wide Range Achievement Test
29. Swing up, stop: i,t,p,u,w,j,r,s
30. Push up and over: m,n,v,x,y,z
31. Curve under, over, stop: a, ca, d,g,o,q
32. Curve way up, loop left: b,f,h,k,l,e
33. Grapheme: single letters or groups of letter groups that represent specific
phonemes or speech sounds
34. Closed syllable: napkin, button
35. Open syllable: lilac, tulip
36. Vowel- consonant e: shake, shine
37. Vowel pair: bread, nail
38. Vowel-r: doctor, dollar
39. Final Stable: cable, sandle,stle
40. Inflectional suffixes: when added to a base word change the number, tense,
voice, mood, or comparison.
-s, -er (more than), -ed, -est -ing
41. Derivational suffixes are: added to a base word or root and change the part
of speech or the function of the base word.
-less, -ful, -ness, - cian
42. Doubling rule: one vowel, one consonant, one accent, and a vowel suffix is
being added
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43. Silent e situations: to make a vowel long, to make a c or g soft, part of
consonant le, added when the word ends in a final vowel
44. Norm-referenced test: assessment that measures performance in relation to
a norm cohort or group
45. Criterion referenced test: assessment that measures knowledge attained
and knowledge yet to be acquired in a domain
46. Curriculum-referenced test: assessment that measures knowledge that has
been taught
47. Screening: brief assessment that identifies students who may need additional
or alternate forms of instruction
48. Progress monitoring: periodic assessment that measures progress in re-
sponse to specific intstruction
49. Diagnostic measure: assessment that provides a detailed analysis of a stu-
dent's strengths and weakenesses
50. Outcome measure: assessment that classifies a student in terms of achieve-
ment or improvement of grade-level performance
51. Formal assessment: standardized assessment that must be administered
and scored according to prescribed procedures
52. Informal assessment: assessments that are not standardized
53. pseudowords: nonsense words that are phonetically regular
54. Formative data: data collected that provides information about knowledge to
be applied to short-term goals
55. Summative data: data collected that provides information about knowledge to
be applied for long-term comprehensive goals
56. DIBELS: Dynamic Indicators of Basic Literacy Skills, K-3, early literacy skills
57. TPRI: Texas Primary Reading Inventory, starts in K and includes inventories
through 3rd grade. focuses on age appropriate skills.
58. PALS: Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening, for PK-3rd, allows teach-
ers to find weaknesses
59. Qualitative research: research that collects data through various kinds of
observations
60. Quantitative research: research in which results are based on a large sample
that is representative of the population
1. decoding: recognition of the visual symbol, symbol/sound correspondence, and
blending sounds into a word are all part of-
2. Pre-Reading Stage: language appreciation, awareness of printed words, mas-
tery of alphabet and simple words
3. Greek elements: eu, chloro
4. Current Research on the brain and developmental dyslexia: A "glitch" may
have taken place during fetal development
5. Dyslexia and Social Development: May see: a lack of good judgement, the
inability to stick with a game, erratic emotional behavior
6. Grade equivalent scores: Not a dependable representation of progress
7. Woodcock Johnson Psycho-Education Battery: a cognitive/ norm refer-
enced test
8. Synthetic instruction: Teaching phonics by taking sounds and blending them
together into words.
9. Analytic instruction: Teaching phonics by taking words and breaking them into
parts. Whole to part approach.
10. Linguistics: Study of production, properties, structure, meaning and or use of
language.
11. % of students with specific learning disabilities receiving special educa-
tion services that have a deficit in reading: 70-80%
12. According to the National Reading Panel (2000) this represents the
strongest indication of a reading disability: a deficit in phonology
13. Section 504 and IDEA: A person who has, has a history of having, or is
regarded as having an impairment that significantly limits one or more of life's major
functions receives benefits under these
14. Appropriate education under Section 504 may include: regular classroom,
regular classroom with accommodations, or special education and related services
15. ALTA Code of Ethics and IMSLEC: provide reasonable expectations of stu-
dent outcomes to parents and students
16. Recommendations for private students: give parents documentation of the
services received from you and discuss gradual transition into the classroom
17. Professional Communication: Personal pronouns are unprofessional
18. ADHD: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
,2022 CALT ALTA Exam-362 questions-ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
19. ALTA: Academic Language Therapy Association
20. ESL: English as a Second Language
21. IDEA: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
22. IEP: Individualized Education Plan
23. IMSLEC: International Multi-sensory Structured Education Council
24. MSL: Multisensory Structured Language
25. MSLE: Multisensory Structured Language Education
26. NICHD: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
27. VAKT: Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic/Tactile
28. WRAT: Wide Range Achievement Test
29. Swing up, stop: i,t,p,u,w,j,r,s
30. Push up and over: m,n,v,x,y,z
31. Curve under, over, stop: a, ca, d,g,o,q
32. Curve way up, loop left: b,f,h,k,l,e
33. Grapheme: single letters or groups of letter groups that represent specific
phonemes or speech sounds
34. Closed syllable: napkin, button
35. Open syllable: lilac, tulip
36. Vowel- consonant e: shake, shine
37. Vowel pair: bread, nail
38. Vowel-r: doctor, dollar
39. Final Stable: cable, sandle,stle
40. Inflectional suffixes: when added to a base word change the number, tense,
voice, mood, or comparison.
-s, -er (more than), -ed, -est -ing
41. Derivational suffixes are: added to a base word or root and change the part
of speech or the function of the base word.
-less, -ful, -ness, - cian
42. Doubling rule: one vowel, one consonant, one accent, and a vowel suffix is
being added
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43. Silent e situations: to make a vowel long, to make a c or g soft, part of
consonant le, added when the word ends in a final vowel
44. Norm-referenced test: assessment that measures performance in relation to
a norm cohort or group
45. Criterion referenced test: assessment that measures knowledge attained
and knowledge yet to be acquired in a domain
46. Curriculum-referenced test: assessment that measures knowledge that has
been taught
47. Screening: brief assessment that identifies students who may need additional
or alternate forms of instruction
48. Progress monitoring: periodic assessment that measures progress in re-
sponse to specific intstruction
49. Diagnostic measure: assessment that provides a detailed analysis of a stu-
dent's strengths and weakenesses
50. Outcome measure: assessment that classifies a student in terms of achieve-
ment or improvement of grade-level performance
51. Formal assessment: standardized assessment that must be administered
and scored according to prescribed procedures
52. Informal assessment: assessments that are not standardized
53. pseudowords: nonsense words that are phonetically regular
54. Formative data: data collected that provides information about knowledge to
be applied to short-term goals
55. Summative data: data collected that provides information about knowledge to
be applied for long-term comprehensive goals
56. DIBELS: Dynamic Indicators of Basic Literacy Skills, K-3, early literacy skills
57. TPRI: Texas Primary Reading Inventory, starts in K and includes inventories
through 3rd grade. focuses on age appropriate skills.
58. PALS: Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening, for PK-3rd, allows teach-
ers to find weaknesses
59. Qualitative research: research that collects data through various kinds of
observations
60. Quantitative research: research in which results are based on a large sample
that is representative of the population
