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WGU C909 ELEMENTARY READING METHODS & INTERVENTIONS OA EXAM A A fourth-grade reading teacher is beginning a unit on story elements. She would like to use a variety of formative and summative assessments during the unit. The teacher decides to begin with teacher-made quizzes.
Why has the teacher selected this assessment strategy instead of a portfolio?
Because formative assessments help guide instruction
Because summative assessments check students' mastery
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Because informal assessments serve as a single indicator of achievement - ANSWER-Because formative assessments help guide instruction
A first-grade teacher in an urban school has 18 students from diverse backgrounds with varying ability levels. Some of the students are reading below grade level, while others struggle with alphabetic knowledge and fluency. The teacher would like to use DIBELS to help guide reading instruction to enhance academic outcomes for students.
How does this assessment help the teacher make decisions about curriculum and instructional strategies?
By understanding students' knowledge of sight vocabulary and word-identification strategies, the teacher can increase or decrease decoding strategies.
By understanding students' knowledge of letter-sound relationships and phonics patterns, the teacher can determine whether to increase or decrease vocabulary instruction.
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By understanding students' letter knowledge, sound-symbol relationship, and skill at reading simple sentences using word tiles, the teacher can increase or - ANSWER-By understanding students' letter-name knowledge, nonsense word decoding, and oral-reading fluency, the teacher can increase or decrease phonics-based or reading instruction in comprehension.
A second-grade teacher in an urban, Title I school has 14 students who are struggling with decoding. Most of the students failed the recent reading assessment. It appears that many students were guessing at initial consonant sounds and selecting words from the word bank that were incorrect.
How will this assessment help guide the teacher's decisions about curriculum and instructional strategies?
The scores indicate that the teacher needs to focus on phonics instruction to increase the students' decoding skills.
The scores indicate that the teacher needs to select a higher, grade-level primer to increase the students' vocabulary knowledge.
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The scores indicate that the teacher needs to have students spend more time writing vocabulary words to increase decoding skills.
The scores indicate that the teacher needs to have students do more independent reading in grade-level texts to increase fluency and decoding - ANSWER-The scores indicate that the teacher needs to focus on phonics instruction to increase the students' decoding skills.
What is an example of a Tier 2 intervention in the response to intervention (RTI) strategy for general education students?
A counselor works with several students who are struggling with the divorce of their parents.
A general education teacher uses direct instruction during a vocabulary lesson on mammals.
A special education teacher works with one student who has failed to make academic progress over a period of four months.
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