CALT ALTA Exam Questions and
Answers
decoding ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-recognition iiof iithe iivisual iisymbol, iisymbol/sound
iicorrespondence, iiand iiblending iisounds iiinto iia iiword iiare iiall iipart iiof-
Pre-Reading iiStage ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-language iiappreciation, iiawareness iiof iiprinted
iiwords, iimastery iiof iialphabet iiand iisimple iiwords
Greek iielements ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-eu, iichloro
Current iiResearch iion iithe iibrain iiand iidevelopmental iidyslexia ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-A
ii"glitch" iimay iihave iitaken iiplace iiduring iifetal iidevelopment
Dyslexia iiand iiSocial iiDevelopment ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-May iisee: iia iilack iiof iigood
iijudgement, iithe iiinability iito iistick iiwith iia iigame, iierratic iiemotional iibehavior
Grade iiequivalent iiscores ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-Not iia iidependable iirepresentation iiof
iiprogress
Woodcock iiJohnson iiPsycho-Education iiBattery ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-a iicognitive/ iinorm
iireferenced iitest
synthetic iiinstruction ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-Teaching iiphonics iiby iitaking iisounds iiand
iiblending iithem iitogether iiinto iiwords.
analytic iiinstruction ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-Teaching iiphonics iiby iitaking iiwords iiand
iibreaking iithem iiinto iiparts. iiWhole iito iipart iiapproach.
linguistics ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-Study iiof iiproduction, iiproperties, iistructure, iimeaning
iiand iior iiuse iiof iilanguage.
% iiof iistudents iiwith iispecific iilearning iidisabilities iireceiving iispecial iieducation iiservices
iithat iihave iia iideficit iiin iireading ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-70-80%
According iito iithe iiNational iiReading iiPanel ii(2000) iithis iirepresents iithe iistrongest
iiindication iiof iia iireading iidisability ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-a iideficit iiin iiphonology
,Section ii504 iiand iiIDEA ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-A iiperson iiwho iihas, iihas iia iihistory iiof
iihaving, iior iiis iiregarded iias iihaving iian iiimpairment iithat iisignificantly iilimits iione iior
iimore iiof iilife's iimajor iifunctions iireceives iibenefits iiunder
Appropriate iieducation iiunder iiSection ii504 iimay iiinclude ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-regular
iiclassroom, iiregular iiclassroom iiwith iiaccommodations, iior iispecial iieducation iiand
iirelated iiservices
ALTA iiCode iiof iiEthics iiand iiIMSLEC ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-provide iireasonable
iiexpectations iiof iistudent iioutcomes iito iiparents iiand iistudents
Recommendations iifor iiprivate iistudents ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-give iiparents
iidocumentation iiof iithe iiservices iireceived iifrom iiyou iiand iidiscuss iigradual iitransition
iiinto iithe iiclassroom
Professional iiCommunication ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-Personal iipronouns iiare
iiunprofessional
ADHD ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-Attention iiDeficit iiHyperactivity iiDisorder
ALTA ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-Academic iiLanguage iiTherapy iiAssociation
ESL ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-English iias iia iiSecond iiLanguage
IDEA ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-Individuals iiwith iiDisabilities iiEducation iiAct
IEP ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-Individualized iiEducation iiPlan
IMSLEC ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-International iiMulti-sensory iiStructured iiEducation
iiCouncil
MSL ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-Multisensory iiStructured iiLanguage
MSLE ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-Multisensory iiStructured iiLanguage iiEducation
NICHD ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-National iiInstitute iiof iiChild iiHealth iiand iiHuman
iiDevelopment
VAKT ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic/Tactile
WRAT ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-Wide iiRange iiAchievement iiTest
swing iiup, iistop ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-i,t,p,u,w,j,r,s
push iiup iiand iiover ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-m,n,v,x,y,z
, curve iiunder, iiover, iistop ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-a, iica, iid,g,o,q
curve iiway iiup, iiloop iileft ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-b,f,h,k,l,e
grapheme ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-single iiletters iior iigroups iiof iiletter iigroups iithat
iirepresent iispecific iiphonemes iior iispeech iisounds
Closed iisyllable ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-napkin, iibutton
Open iisyllable ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-lilac, iitulip
Vowel- iiconsonant iie ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-shake, iishine
Vowel iipair ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-bread, iinail
Vowel-r ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-doctor, iidollar
Final iiStable ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-cable, iisandle,stle
Inflectional iisuffixes ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-when iiadded iito iia iibase iiword iichange iithe
iinumber, iitense, iivoice, iimood, iior iicomparison.
-s, ii-er ii(more iithan), ii-ed, ii-est ii-ing
Derivational iisuffixes iiare ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-added iito iia iibase iiword iior iiroot iiand
iichange iithe iipart iiof iispeech iior iithe iifunction iiof iithe iibase iiword.
-less, ii-ful, ii-ness, ii- iician
Doubling iirule ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-one iivowel, iione iiconsonant, iione iiaccent, iiand iia
iivowel iisuffix iiis iibeing iiadded
Silent iie iisituations ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-to iimake iia iivowel iilong, iito iimake iia iic iior iig
iisoft, iipart iiof iiconsonant iile, iiadded iiwhen iithe iiword iiends iiin iia iifinal iiv
norm-referenced iitest ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-assessment iithat iimeasures iiperformance iiin
iirelation iito iia iinorm iicohort iior iigroup
criterion iireferenced iitest ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-assessment iithat iimeasures iiknowledge
iiattained iiand iiknowledge iiyet iito iibe iiacquired iiin iia iidomain
curriculum-referenced iitest ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-assessment iithat iimeasures
iiknowledge iithat iihas iibeen iitaught
screening ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-brief iiassessment iithat iiidentifies iistudents iiwho iimay
iineed iiadditional iior iialternate iiforms iiof iiinstruction