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Rica Subtest 3

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When developing an improvement plan for a student, a teacher will often reach out to people, such as the principal, student support specialist, and the parents of the student. When organizing a time to meet, which of the following would be most important for the teacher or prepare prior to meeting?
a report showcasing the students social and academic strengths and weaknesses
What is the goal of standards-based reading instruction?
every student will meet the content standards adopted by the California State Board of Education
According to RICA Content Specifications, the two aspects that each reading and language arts programs needs to include:
balanced instruction and comprehensive instruction
Which is the best definition for differentiated instruction?
meeting the needs of individual learners, including making adjustments to meet the needs of individual learners
Effective instructional delivery of content needs to b
direct and explicit
How can a teacher best ensure reading practice gets done at home?
allow children to take home books from the classroom library
How can a teacher create a support system to promote reading for severely struggling readers?
facilitate a conference with the student, the student's parents, the reading coach/ learning specialist, and principle to create reading goals
What does it mean if a standardized test has reliability?
a test has reliability if the results yield consistent scores across administrations
What is the purpose and use of an Informal Reading Inventory (IRI) ?
an IRI is an individualized portfolio of assessments collected over the year to show an individual student's reading level
Which strategy should a teacher use to meet the needs of a small group of learners who have yet to meet the standard of a particular skill?
a teacher can use flexible grouping
The purpose of implementing informal assessments after teaching a new concept during whole-group instruction is to:
maintain accurate records for planning flexible groups that meet identified needs for students.
After conducting classroom visits, the principal has requested that the learning objectives are identified by teachers in daily lesson plans. It is important for teachers to identify learning objectives because:
it helps the planning of instruction to be aligned with state standards.
Which area of instruction is not required to provide students with a balanced comprehensive reading program, according to the California (RLA) Framework?
Foreign language
A second-grade student assessed below grade level for fluency but is able to decode words in isolation and scores above grade level for reading comprehension. The student needs direct instruction in the area of:
pacing during fluency instruction.
An indicator that the teacher needs to decrease the pacing of instruction for her students in reading comprehension is:
data from a monitoring assessment.
In order to organize flexible, differentiated reading interventions after analysis of assessment data, according to the California (RLA) Framework a teacher will group students into intervention tiers, labeled as:
benchmark, strategic, intensive.
A teacher has completed a whole group lesson on a grammar topic. She has assigned the students five sample questions to complete while she walks around the room and provides feedback and corrections to their work. This instructional component is an example of:
structured and guided practice.
An important factor a teacher needs to incorporate into the presentation phase of their instructional delivery is:
explicit modeling of the strategies necessary to master the concepts.
After conducting an interest survey for reading, a fourth-grade teacher has assessed that many of her students are not reading independently at home. In order to motivate her students to participate in independent reading, she should:
evaluate the survey to find out the types of books her students are interested in and conduct a daily read aloud.
A third-grade teacher uses the results of a CLOZE reading passage in order to provide support to her students with independent reading. This assessment plays an effective role because:
it determines the appropriate independent reading level for the students.
A school runs a daily independent reading program to help promote enjoyment of literature. A student who is a struggling reader has brought in a popular new novel which is at his frustration level. The best way for the teacher to respond would be to:
give the student a book of a similar genre or style which is at his independent reading level.
A kindergarten teacher assesses her student with a mid-year assessment and he is still unable to recognize all upper and lowercase letters, isolate sounds in CVC words, or produce rhyming words for targeted words. She has provided small group instruction, individual instruction, and has held a conference with the parents to provide additional support in the home. What is the next step the teacher should take to ensure the student can obtain progress in these areas?
Meet with a school-based team, consisting of administrators, support personnel, select teachers, and reading coach to determine various strategies that can be used to support the student with mastering grade-appropriate skills
In order for administrators and/or reading coaches to determine the focus for professional development, they need to:
summarize and analyze data.
The purpose of an entry-level assessment is to determine:
long term planning for the organization of small groups, as well as to determine the selection of appropriate instructional tools, create a comprehensive learning environment, and align student needs to California state standards.
A teacher has recently begun a new unit on poetry techniques. She has just taught a lesson on similes and metaphors and wants to check her students' understanding of these concepts. The best way to assess this would be to:
ask the students to independently label the similes and metaphors in a poem.
Data from the previous year's state assessment reveals that twenty-four students in a class have successfully met all fluency objectives for their grade level, while three have not. Based on this information, the teacher should:
conduct an entry-level reading assessment, then based on the results, progress to whole-class instruction in comprehension while using small groups and individual instruction to provide additional targeted support to the three students.
Standardized assessments can be best defined as:
tests which use a consistent question and grading style that allows large groups of students to be compared.
In the beginning of the year, a fourth-grade teacher received the standardized test results for his class. The data displayed that 72% of his students scored below basic in the area of reading comprehension. The most effective step the teacher should take before implementing instruction is:
provide students with an entry-level assessment in order to determine the strengths and weaknesses each student has in the area of reading.
Which of the following assessments would elicit the least useful data for a classroom teacher to consider in their lesson planning?
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
Prior to administering a standardized test to a student with a learning disability, it is imperative that the teacher thoroughly reads the student's IEP to determine:
the accommodations and/or modifications that must be implemented during the testing period.
Standardized assessments for students with special needs are used to:
support the teacher in designing activities with scaffolds aligned to the state standards.
The assessments that are used in order to determine accurate reading levels for expository texts are:
CLOZE tests.
A first-grade teacher has devised her intervention groups for decoding skills. In order to ensure that the groups are flexible and not composed of the same students for the entire year, she will need to implement:
curriculum-based monitoring assessments on an ongoing basis.
The most effective method of communicating a student's performance on an assessment is to:
conference with individual students and explain how they are showing improvement, as well as identify the areas that need improvement.
The primary purpose for a teacher to communicate assessment results for reading progress for her students to district personnel is:
to justify the scores from a standardized assessment aligned to state standards.
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