OSAT Practice Test with 100% correct Answers
A. Event sampling - Answer-A preschool teacher is planning to conduct an
observational assessment to obtain data on how often a child engages in a specific
behavior. Such a procedure is an example of which of the following types of
assessment?
A. Event sampling
B. Running record
C. Time sampling
D. Rating scale
/.A. "The student immediately walked to the art table upon entering the classroom." -
Answer-One of the teachers in a kindergarten class is writing an anecdotal record for a
new student who has just arrived with a parent/guardian for the student's first day at
school. Which of the following statements would be most appropriate for the teacher to
include in this type of assessment?
A. "The student immediately walked to the art table upon entering the classroom."
B. "The student did not appear to be upset when the parent/guardian left the
classroom."
C. "The student likely felt comforted by having familiar art materials in the classroom."
D. "The student seemed relaxed despite not knowing any other students in the
classroom."
/.B. Implicit instruction - Answer-A preschool teacher is preparing to read aloud a Big
Book to introduce a new unit in science. After showing the book cover, the teacher
reads the title and pauses to reflectively think aloud, saying, "I'm wondering why the
author has chose to call this book Tomatoes Taste Like Sunshine! I'm thinking that
maybe the author knows that tomatoes need the sun to grow." The teacher then asks
children to share their ideas. This teacher practice primarily demonstrates
A. Book-handling techniques
B. Implicit instruction
C. Summative assessment of children's learning
D. Interactive awareness of print concepts
/.A. Providing the students with useful sentence stems. - Answer-A third grade
classroom follows a daily independent reading routine that includes 20 minutes of silent
reading followed by a written journal reflection. The teacher notices that a few students
appear to be easily frustrated by the writing component of this assignment and struggle
to organize and express meaningful ideas through writing. Which of the following
strategies would best facilitate these students' ongoing development of literacy skills?
A. Providing the students with useful sentence stems.
B. Allowing the students to use keyboards for written work.
C. Conferencing with the students while scribing their ideas.
, D. Creating brainstorming webs with the students.
/.C. Instructing students in matching the letters without the pictures. - Answer-A
kindergarten teacher has set up a game in which students match upper and lowercase
letters given picture cues (e.g., an uppercase B with a picture of a ball and a lowercase
b with a picture of the same ball). As the students develop automaticity in matching
corresponding letters, which of the following steps would best promote their ongoing
development with letter recognition?
A. Teaching students to produce the initial sounds.
B. Asking students to write the name of each object pictured.
C. Instructing students in matching the letters without the pictures.
D. Assigning students to write various letters from the picture cards.
/.B. Setting - Answer-A first grade teacher is planning to read aloud a historical fiction
book and wants to show students some illustrations to prepare them for its content. For
this purpose, the teacher should most likely choose illustrations that reflect which of the
following story elements?
A. Characters
B. Setting
C. Conflict
D. Plot
/.B. Showing the student how letters and sounds can be blended in words. - Answer-A
first grade teacher is working with a student who demonstrates inconsistencies with
letter sound correspondence. The teacher shows the student a series of flash cards with
lowercase letters printed on them. When asking the student to name each letter, the
teacher provides a keyword the student has already learned that is associated with the
initial sound and says the expected sound. As the student demonstrates increasing
proficiency with single phonemes, which of the following steps would best promote the
student's ongoing development of letter sound correspondence?
A. Asking the student to name additional words containing the letters and sounds.
B. Showing the student how letters and sounds can be blended in words.
C. Encouraging the student to find other words containing letters and sounds the
student already learned.
D. Instructing the student in practicing writing letters that represent the sounds the
student has learned.
/.A. Monitoring phoneme reading rates. - Answer-While assessing a second grade
student's knowledge of letter sound correspondence, the student's teacher notices that
the student demonstrates a low rate of fluency while reading phonemes. Which of the
following instructional activities would be most effective in promoting this student's
increased development in the area of reading fluency?
A. Monitoring phoneme reading rates.
B. Reviewing letter sound correspondences in picture books.
C. Practicing reading CVC word lists.
D. Playing letter sound correspondence games.
A. Event sampling - Answer-A preschool teacher is planning to conduct an
observational assessment to obtain data on how often a child engages in a specific
behavior. Such a procedure is an example of which of the following types of
assessment?
A. Event sampling
B. Running record
C. Time sampling
D. Rating scale
/.A. "The student immediately walked to the art table upon entering the classroom." -
Answer-One of the teachers in a kindergarten class is writing an anecdotal record for a
new student who has just arrived with a parent/guardian for the student's first day at
school. Which of the following statements would be most appropriate for the teacher to
include in this type of assessment?
A. "The student immediately walked to the art table upon entering the classroom."
B. "The student did not appear to be upset when the parent/guardian left the
classroom."
C. "The student likely felt comforted by having familiar art materials in the classroom."
D. "The student seemed relaxed despite not knowing any other students in the
classroom."
/.B. Implicit instruction - Answer-A preschool teacher is preparing to read aloud a Big
Book to introduce a new unit in science. After showing the book cover, the teacher
reads the title and pauses to reflectively think aloud, saying, "I'm wondering why the
author has chose to call this book Tomatoes Taste Like Sunshine! I'm thinking that
maybe the author knows that tomatoes need the sun to grow." The teacher then asks
children to share their ideas. This teacher practice primarily demonstrates
A. Book-handling techniques
B. Implicit instruction
C. Summative assessment of children's learning
D. Interactive awareness of print concepts
/.A. Providing the students with useful sentence stems. - Answer-A third grade
classroom follows a daily independent reading routine that includes 20 minutes of silent
reading followed by a written journal reflection. The teacher notices that a few students
appear to be easily frustrated by the writing component of this assignment and struggle
to organize and express meaningful ideas through writing. Which of the following
strategies would best facilitate these students' ongoing development of literacy skills?
A. Providing the students with useful sentence stems.
B. Allowing the students to use keyboards for written work.
C. Conferencing with the students while scribing their ideas.
, D. Creating brainstorming webs with the students.
/.C. Instructing students in matching the letters without the pictures. - Answer-A
kindergarten teacher has set up a game in which students match upper and lowercase
letters given picture cues (e.g., an uppercase B with a picture of a ball and a lowercase
b with a picture of the same ball). As the students develop automaticity in matching
corresponding letters, which of the following steps would best promote their ongoing
development with letter recognition?
A. Teaching students to produce the initial sounds.
B. Asking students to write the name of each object pictured.
C. Instructing students in matching the letters without the pictures.
D. Assigning students to write various letters from the picture cards.
/.B. Setting - Answer-A first grade teacher is planning to read aloud a historical fiction
book and wants to show students some illustrations to prepare them for its content. For
this purpose, the teacher should most likely choose illustrations that reflect which of the
following story elements?
A. Characters
B. Setting
C. Conflict
D. Plot
/.B. Showing the student how letters and sounds can be blended in words. - Answer-A
first grade teacher is working with a student who demonstrates inconsistencies with
letter sound correspondence. The teacher shows the student a series of flash cards with
lowercase letters printed on them. When asking the student to name each letter, the
teacher provides a keyword the student has already learned that is associated with the
initial sound and says the expected sound. As the student demonstrates increasing
proficiency with single phonemes, which of the following steps would best promote the
student's ongoing development of letter sound correspondence?
A. Asking the student to name additional words containing the letters and sounds.
B. Showing the student how letters and sounds can be blended in words.
C. Encouraging the student to find other words containing letters and sounds the
student already learned.
D. Instructing the student in practicing writing letters that represent the sounds the
student has learned.
/.A. Monitoring phoneme reading rates. - Answer-While assessing a second grade
student's knowledge of letter sound correspondence, the student's teacher notices that
the student demonstrates a low rate of fluency while reading phonemes. Which of the
following instructional activities would be most effective in promoting this student's
increased development in the area of reading fluency?
A. Monitoring phoneme reading rates.
B. Reviewing letter sound correspondences in picture books.
C. Practicing reading CVC word lists.
D. Playing letter sound correspondence games.
