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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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1. Is a type of test - assessment - or evaluation which yields an estimate of the position of the tested individual in a predefined population - with respect to the trait being measured. This estimate is derived from the analysis of test scores and poss






2. Whole language - Drop Everythng and read - evaluation through miscues - founds of whole language






3. A syllable ending with a long vowel sound. (labor - freedom)






4. Closed syllable - open syllable - vowel- consonant-e - r controlled syllable - vowel team - final stable syllable






5. Behaving without thinking about possible consequences. May act or speak without first thinking about how their behavior might make other people react of feel






6. Refers tot he measurement consistency of a test






7. Instruction must include the six basic types of these and the division rules.






8. The flat diacritical mark above a vowel in a send picture or phonic/dictionary notation that indicates a long sound.






9. State Board of Education Rule - District Board of Trustees must make sure dyslexia procedures are given to the district. - District must use SBOE approved strategies for screening and treating dyslexia






10. Involve at least two people. It includes the ability to maintain eye contact - understand body language of others - take turns in a conversation - stick to the subject - and use oral language appropriate for the situation.






11. Attempt - Failure - Frustration - Avoidance - Lack of Practice - No improvement - Loss of esteem - loss of motivation = THIS






12. Supported only by "qualitative research" instead of quantitative research - Teaches "whole words" in word families - Students are not explicitly taught that there is a relationship between letters and sounds for most sounds






13. Are standardized and measure your progress and achievements as a student.






14. Normalized standard scores with a range of 1 to 9. They are status score within a particulur norm group.






15. A score to which raw scores are converted by numerical transformation ( conversion of raw scores to percentile ranks or standard scores)






16. The ability to organize thoughts and express them verbally to convey meaning to others






17. Reading for Learning "the New" - Expand vocabularies - build background and world knowledge - develop strategic habits

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18. A districts dyslexia program is considered part of the basic - required curriculum. Therefore - state compensatory education funds can only be used to provide programs - projects - activities - and materials that supplement that district's regular dy






19. A word made from a base word by the addition of one or more affixes






20. Response to Intervention - a multi-step or tiered approach to providing services and interventions at increasing intensity to students or an entire class.






21. The ability to translate print to speech with rapidity and automaticity that allows the reader to focus on meaning.






22. A spoken or written unit that must have a vowel sound and that may include consonants that precede or follow that vowel. Syllables are units of sound made by one impulse of voice.






23. Standards of Personal Conduct - Standards of Professional Conduct - Conflict of Interest - Confidentiality






24. A score that describes student performance in terms of the statistical performance of an average student at a given grade level. Ranges from K.0 to 12.9 Are not a dependable representation of progress






25. A standardized test designed to efficiently measure the amount of knowledge and/or skill a person has acquired - usually as a result of classroom instruction. Such testing produces a statistical profile used as a measurement to evaluate student learn






26. Multisensory Structured Language






27. Any learning activity that includes 2 or more sensory modalities simultaneously to take in or express information.






28. Scores expressed in their original form without statistical treatment - such as the number of correct answers on a test.






29. A test in which the results can be used to determine a student's progress toward mastery of a content area. performance is compared to an expected level of mastery in a content area rather that to other student's scores. Such tests usually include qu






30. A pattern of letters (found in a single syllable) which occurs frequently together. The pronunciation of at least one of the component parts is unexpected or the letters stand in an unexpected sequence ( ar - er - ir - or - us - qu - wh)






31. The term is also used for the language now called Old English - spoken and written by the ________ and their descendants in much of what is now England and some of southeastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century.






32. Selective focus on what is important while screening out distractions.






33. Children may be physical and socially immature - may be awkward in social situations - may have difficulty reading social cues - may have trouble finding the right words - stammering. - may feel anxious in school






34. 1925 - Coined the term "strephosymbolia" which means twisted symbols; Pathologist - neurologist and psychitrist in the US - studied with Dr. Alzheimer in Germany - work influenced by James Hinshelwood






35. Proceeds from the whole to the part - suggests that processing of a text begins in the mind of the readers. Meaning is brought to print not derived from print.






36. English as a second language






37. A significant unit of visual shape. We use the visual shape as to cover not only writing - but also any other shape perceived by the eye which is a visible representation of a unit of speech. A single graphic letter or letter cluster which represents






38. Participate in classroom discussions - make speeches/presentations - use tape records during lectures - read text out loud - create musical jingles - create mnemonics to aid memorization - discuss ideas verbally






39. His research in the field of reading was fundamental to the emergence of today's scientific consensus about what reading is - how it works and what it does for the mind.






40. A type of test score that is calculated based on the age that an average person earns a given score within the tested population.






41. The curved diacritical mark above a vowel in a sound picture or phonic/dictionary symbol notation that indicates a short sound in a closed syllable in which at least one consonant comes after the vowel in the same syllable.






42. Most soundly supported by research for effective instruction in beginning reading - Must be explicitly taught - Must be systematically organized and sequenced - Must include learning how to blend sounds together






43. Comprehensive end-of-year exams - reflecting the specific subject matter outlines in the curriculum.






44. Vocabulary stressed the events of daily life - Common - everyday - down to earth words - Most are one syllable words






45. Wechsler Individual Achievement Test






46. Statistical measure of the degree of dispersion in distribution of scores. Measures spread of a set of data around mean of the data. The more widely the values are spread out - the larger the standard deviation.






47. Developmental Auditory Impercepion - Dysphasia - Specific Developmental Dyslexia - Developmental Dysgraphia - Developmental Spelling Disability






48. MSLE instruction requires that organization on material follow the logical order of the language. Sequence must begin with the easiest and progress to more difficult material. Each step must be based on prior knowledge.






49. An ability test is designed to measure either your general intelligence or your mental aptitude in a particular area. For example






50. Words used in more formal settings - Often found in literature - science - social studies in upper elem. texts. Longer than words of Anglo-Saxon Origin.