ALTA CALT Verified Multiple Choice and
Conceptual Actual Emended Exam Questions
With Reviewed 100% Correct Detailed Answers
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1. Rubric - ANSWER details the criteria used for scoring
2. Running record - ANSWER part of an informal reading assessment that
identifies a student's error patterns and fluency
3. Screening/indicator - ANSWER an assessment that is given to identify
students at risk for reading difficulties
4. Standard deviation - ANSWER the average variability of scores around
the group mean. The larger the standard deviation, the more "spread"
there is in the distribution. If a distribution has a standard deviation of 0,
every score in that group is exactly the same.
5. Standardized tests - ANSWER tests that are standardized using a
carefully selected sample of people representative of the larger group of
people for whom the test was created, must be administered and scored
following procedures prescribed in the manual accompanying the test.
6. Summative assessment - ANSWER an assessment that measures
knowledge that has been gained
,7. Validity - ANSWER that statistical accuracy of an assessment instrument
when compared to another assessment instrument
8. Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing (CTOPP) - ANSWER
Assesses phonological awareness, phonological memory, and rapid naming.
Persons with deficits in one or more of these kinds of phonological
processing abilities may have more difficulty learning to read than those
who do not. This was developed to help aid in the identification of
individuals from Kindergarten through college who may profit from
instructional activities to enhance their phonological skills. It is
administered individually, with subtest that take about 30 minutes to
administer (elision, blending, sound matching, rapid object naming,
phoneme reversal, etc.)
9. Lindamood Auditory Conceptualization Test (LAC) - ANSWER It is a
criterion-referenced assessment that measures the ability to discriminate
one speck sound or phoneme from another and segment a spoken word
into its constituent phonemic units.
10.Phonological Awareness Test (PAT) - ANSWER It is an individually
administered test designed to diagnose deficits in phonological processing
and phoneme-grapheme correspondence. This assessment will identify
students who have weakness in phonological awareness skills. This probes
the specifics from hearing and identifying sounds to manipulating sounds
for reading and writing. It quantifies the link between oral language
development and phonological awareness.
,11.Pseudoword Decoding-Wechsler Individual Achievement Test - ANSWER
It is useful for achievement skills assessment. Skills are evaluated in
several subtests including pseudoword decoding. Pseudoword decoding
requires the student to read nonsense words aloud from a list.
12.Woodcock Reading Mastery Test - ANSWER It provides an expanded
interpretive system age range to help assess reading skills. It offers two
forms, G and H. The following skills are assessed: visual-auditory learning,
letter identification, word identification, word attack, word comprehension,
passage comprehension. It is appropriate for grades K-16 and for ages 5-75.
Each cluster of individually administered tests requires 10 to 30 minutes to
administer.
13.Basic Reading-Wechsler Individual Achievement Test - ANSWER Naming
letters, phonological skills, and reading words aloud from lists. Only the
accuracy of the pronunciation is scored. Student responds orally to pictures
and printed words as a measure of decoding ability
14.Letter Word Identification-Woodcock Johnson III - ANSWER Letter-Word
Identification subtest assesses the student's word decoding skills. The
easiest set of items requires the students to identify letters that appear in
large type and then to pronounce simple words correctly. The most difficult
items still involve asking the student to pronounce words correctly,
however, the student does not need to know the meaning of the words.
15.Word Identification-Woodcock Reading Mastery Test - ANSWER The
word identification subtest measures an individual's ability to recognize
words at sight.
, 16.Test of Word Reading Efficiency (TOWRE) - ANSWER It is a nationally
normed measure of word reading accuracy and fluency. The test provides a
means of monitoring the reading ability for familiar words and the ability to
"sound out" words quickly.
17.Gray Oral Reading Tests, 4th Ed (GORT) - ANSWER It provides an
efficient and objective measure of growth in oral reading and an aid in the
diagnosis of oral reading difficulties. Five scores give information on a
student's oral reading skills in terms of: Rate, accuracy, fluency,
comprehension, overall reading ability. It is appropriate for students aged 6
through 18.
18.Gates-MacGinite Reading Comprehension Tests, 4th Ed. (GMRT) - ANSWER
They are norm-referenced tests for measuring reading achievement
ranging from pre-reading abilities through adult reading. Levels 1-12 were
designed to provide a general assessment of reading achievement. At these
levels the students are Word Decoding, Word Knowledge, and
Comprehension.
19.Gray Silent Reading Test (GSRT) - ANSWER It will quickly and efficiently
measure an individual's silent reading comprehension ability. It consists of
two parallel forms, each containing 13 developmentally sequenced reading
passages with five multiple choice question.
20.Passage Comprehnsion-Woodcock Johnson III Tests of Achievement -
ANSWER Its a subtest that assesses the student's language
comprehension and reading skills. The easiest questions ask the student to
Conceptual Actual Emended Exam Questions
With Reviewed 100% Correct Detailed Answers
Guaranteed Pass!!Current Update
1. Rubric - ANSWER details the criteria used for scoring
2. Running record - ANSWER part of an informal reading assessment that
identifies a student's error patterns and fluency
3. Screening/indicator - ANSWER an assessment that is given to identify
students at risk for reading difficulties
4. Standard deviation - ANSWER the average variability of scores around
the group mean. The larger the standard deviation, the more "spread"
there is in the distribution. If a distribution has a standard deviation of 0,
every score in that group is exactly the same.
5. Standardized tests - ANSWER tests that are standardized using a
carefully selected sample of people representative of the larger group of
people for whom the test was created, must be administered and scored
following procedures prescribed in the manual accompanying the test.
6. Summative assessment - ANSWER an assessment that measures
knowledge that has been gained
,7. Validity - ANSWER that statistical accuracy of an assessment instrument
when compared to another assessment instrument
8. Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing (CTOPP) - ANSWER
Assesses phonological awareness, phonological memory, and rapid naming.
Persons with deficits in one or more of these kinds of phonological
processing abilities may have more difficulty learning to read than those
who do not. This was developed to help aid in the identification of
individuals from Kindergarten through college who may profit from
instructional activities to enhance their phonological skills. It is
administered individually, with subtest that take about 30 minutes to
administer (elision, blending, sound matching, rapid object naming,
phoneme reversal, etc.)
9. Lindamood Auditory Conceptualization Test (LAC) - ANSWER It is a
criterion-referenced assessment that measures the ability to discriminate
one speck sound or phoneme from another and segment a spoken word
into its constituent phonemic units.
10.Phonological Awareness Test (PAT) - ANSWER It is an individually
administered test designed to diagnose deficits in phonological processing
and phoneme-grapheme correspondence. This assessment will identify
students who have weakness in phonological awareness skills. This probes
the specifics from hearing and identifying sounds to manipulating sounds
for reading and writing. It quantifies the link between oral language
development and phonological awareness.
,11.Pseudoword Decoding-Wechsler Individual Achievement Test - ANSWER
It is useful for achievement skills assessment. Skills are evaluated in
several subtests including pseudoword decoding. Pseudoword decoding
requires the student to read nonsense words aloud from a list.
12.Woodcock Reading Mastery Test - ANSWER It provides an expanded
interpretive system age range to help assess reading skills. It offers two
forms, G and H. The following skills are assessed: visual-auditory learning,
letter identification, word identification, word attack, word comprehension,
passage comprehension. It is appropriate for grades K-16 and for ages 5-75.
Each cluster of individually administered tests requires 10 to 30 minutes to
administer.
13.Basic Reading-Wechsler Individual Achievement Test - ANSWER Naming
letters, phonological skills, and reading words aloud from lists. Only the
accuracy of the pronunciation is scored. Student responds orally to pictures
and printed words as a measure of decoding ability
14.Letter Word Identification-Woodcock Johnson III - ANSWER Letter-Word
Identification subtest assesses the student's word decoding skills. The
easiest set of items requires the students to identify letters that appear in
large type and then to pronounce simple words correctly. The most difficult
items still involve asking the student to pronounce words correctly,
however, the student does not need to know the meaning of the words.
15.Word Identification-Woodcock Reading Mastery Test - ANSWER The
word identification subtest measures an individual's ability to recognize
words at sight.
, 16.Test of Word Reading Efficiency (TOWRE) - ANSWER It is a nationally
normed measure of word reading accuracy and fluency. The test provides a
means of monitoring the reading ability for familiar words and the ability to
"sound out" words quickly.
17.Gray Oral Reading Tests, 4th Ed (GORT) - ANSWER It provides an
efficient and objective measure of growth in oral reading and an aid in the
diagnosis of oral reading difficulties. Five scores give information on a
student's oral reading skills in terms of: Rate, accuracy, fluency,
comprehension, overall reading ability. It is appropriate for students aged 6
through 18.
18.Gates-MacGinite Reading Comprehension Tests, 4th Ed. (GMRT) - ANSWER
They are norm-referenced tests for measuring reading achievement
ranging from pre-reading abilities through adult reading. Levels 1-12 were
designed to provide a general assessment of reading achievement. At these
levels the students are Word Decoding, Word Knowledge, and
Comprehension.
19.Gray Silent Reading Test (GSRT) - ANSWER It will quickly and efficiently
measure an individual's silent reading comprehension ability. It consists of
two parallel forms, each containing 13 developmentally sequenced reading
passages with five multiple choice question.
20.Passage Comprehnsion-Woodcock Johnson III Tests of Achievement -
ANSWER Its a subtest that assesses the student's language
comprehension and reading skills. The easiest questions ask the student to
