RICA Subtest 3 Exam with Accurate
Solutions
breaking down the student's reading assignments into small steps and helping him learn
to monitor his own attention and progress - ANS-A sixth grader who is advanced in
most areas of reading has difficulty completing assigned reading selections. He appears
motivated when he begins reading, but he has difficulty keeping his attention on the task
at hand. Which of the following would be his teacher's best initial strategy for addressing
this difficulty?
Direct and explicit - ANS-When assessing a 3rd grader include...
first one if he/she was not able to distinguish nouns from verbs. - ANS-When should you
be concern about providing an extra intervention for a 1st grader who is at the beginning
of a new school year?
begin collecting more diagnostic information and provide with targeted reading
instruction - ANS-Midway in the year teacher identifies 2 students are lagging behind
Allow children to take home books from the classroom library. - ANS-How can a teacher
best ensure reading practice gets done at home?
A test has reliability if the results yield consistent scores across administrations. - ANS-
What does it mean if a standardized test has reliability?
A teacher can use flexible grouping. - ANS-Which strategy should a teacher use with a
small group of learners who have not yet met the standard of a particular reading skill?
Facilitate a conference with the student, the student's parents, the reading coach/
learning specialist, and principle to create reading goals. - ANS-How can a teacher
create a support system to promote reading for severely struggling readers?
the student was on the instructional level because he needed the help from the teacher
to understand it. (needed teacher assistance) - ANS-A fourth grade student asked the
teacher to help with a passage that he was reading and not understanding. After the
teacher went over the paragraph with him, the student was confident that he could
continue on his own. This indicates that the text is:
stick to the IEP - ANS-What kind of accommodations should you offer a student with an
iep during standardized testing?
, parents read children books in their native language/ send home books in their native
language - ANS-EL's family and teacher were in a meeting. EL family doesn't speak any
English, what advice should the teacher give to the parents about helping the student
become a fluent reader?
Frustration level (answered less than 60% correct) - ANS-A student reads a book
independently. After, he answers 10 comprehension questions. He gets 5 correct. What
is his reading level?
A student can read aloud 95% or more of the words correctly and answers 90% or more
of the comprehension questions correctly. - ANS-What is an independent reading level?
A student reads accurately 90% of the words correctly and answers at least 60% of the
comprehension questions correctly. - ANS-Instructional reading level question
A student CANNOT correctly read aloud at least 90% of the words and CANNOT
answer at least 60% of the comprehension questions. - ANS-Frustration Reading level
question
discuss and analyze significant reading events that occurred in the classroom. - ANS-
Reading teachers have a conference. What should they discuss?
Organize the books so that students can easily assess books at their independent
reading level. This is the answer; question worded differently - ANS-Teacher adds
books in her classroom library with a variety of genres and reading levels. What is her
next step?
1 student. ( read aloud 95% or more of the words correctly and answers 90% or more of
the comprehension questions correctly) - ANS-There is a question with a chart. The
chart has scores, and the question asks how many students are reading at the
independent level.
Students with the same instructional reading level. - ANS-Homogeneous reading
grouping -
different grouping. Groups composed of children with different reading abilities.
(heterogeneous is a mixture of levels that are not too far apart in levels of need.) - ANS-
Heterogeneous reading grouping are...
The students scored higher than the rest of his classmates/peers - ANS-Understand
how to interpret the results percentile scores and Grade equivalent scores. Actual
question states if a student scores 68% on their reading assessment, then it dictates
that:
Assess what it meant to assess or measure. - ANS-The question asked about
standardized tests regarding validity?
Solutions
breaking down the student's reading assignments into small steps and helping him learn
to monitor his own attention and progress - ANS-A sixth grader who is advanced in
most areas of reading has difficulty completing assigned reading selections. He appears
motivated when he begins reading, but he has difficulty keeping his attention on the task
at hand. Which of the following would be his teacher's best initial strategy for addressing
this difficulty?
Direct and explicit - ANS-When assessing a 3rd grader include...
first one if he/she was not able to distinguish nouns from verbs. - ANS-When should you
be concern about providing an extra intervention for a 1st grader who is at the beginning
of a new school year?
begin collecting more diagnostic information and provide with targeted reading
instruction - ANS-Midway in the year teacher identifies 2 students are lagging behind
Allow children to take home books from the classroom library. - ANS-How can a teacher
best ensure reading practice gets done at home?
A test has reliability if the results yield consistent scores across administrations. - ANS-
What does it mean if a standardized test has reliability?
A teacher can use flexible grouping. - ANS-Which strategy should a teacher use with a
small group of learners who have not yet met the standard of a particular reading skill?
Facilitate a conference with the student, the student's parents, the reading coach/
learning specialist, and principle to create reading goals. - ANS-How can a teacher
create a support system to promote reading for severely struggling readers?
the student was on the instructional level because he needed the help from the teacher
to understand it. (needed teacher assistance) - ANS-A fourth grade student asked the
teacher to help with a passage that he was reading and not understanding. After the
teacher went over the paragraph with him, the student was confident that he could
continue on his own. This indicates that the text is:
stick to the IEP - ANS-What kind of accommodations should you offer a student with an
iep during standardized testing?
, parents read children books in their native language/ send home books in their native
language - ANS-EL's family and teacher were in a meeting. EL family doesn't speak any
English, what advice should the teacher give to the parents about helping the student
become a fluent reader?
Frustration level (answered less than 60% correct) - ANS-A student reads a book
independently. After, he answers 10 comprehension questions. He gets 5 correct. What
is his reading level?
A student can read aloud 95% or more of the words correctly and answers 90% or more
of the comprehension questions correctly. - ANS-What is an independent reading level?
A student reads accurately 90% of the words correctly and answers at least 60% of the
comprehension questions correctly. - ANS-Instructional reading level question
A student CANNOT correctly read aloud at least 90% of the words and CANNOT
answer at least 60% of the comprehension questions. - ANS-Frustration Reading level
question
discuss and analyze significant reading events that occurred in the classroom. - ANS-
Reading teachers have a conference. What should they discuss?
Organize the books so that students can easily assess books at their independent
reading level. This is the answer; question worded differently - ANS-Teacher adds
books in her classroom library with a variety of genres and reading levels. What is her
next step?
1 student. ( read aloud 95% or more of the words correctly and answers 90% or more of
the comprehension questions correctly) - ANS-There is a question with a chart. The
chart has scores, and the question asks how many students are reading at the
independent level.
Students with the same instructional reading level. - ANS-Homogeneous reading
grouping -
different grouping. Groups composed of children with different reading abilities.
(heterogeneous is a mixture of levels that are not too far apart in levels of need.) - ANS-
Heterogeneous reading grouping are...
The students scored higher than the rest of his classmates/peers - ANS-Understand
how to interpret the results percentile scores and Grade equivalent scores. Actual
question states if a student scores 68% on their reading assessment, then it dictates
that:
Assess what it meant to assess or measure. - ANS-The question asked about
standardized tests regarding validity?
