RICA TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED

RICA TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED

Which area of instruction is not required to provide students with a balanced, comprehensive reading program, according to the California (RLA) Framework?

• Word Analysis
• Writing Strategies & Applications
• Reading Comprehension
• Foreign Language ✔✔D. Foreign Language

• An indicator that the teacher needs to decrease the pacing of instruction for her students in

reading comprehension is:

• Mastery of the standards
• Attention deficits
• Data from a monitoring assessment
• Inability to answer a verbal prompt related to comprehension ✔✔C. Data from a monitoring

assessment

• A teacher has provided his students with effective instructional delivery for a reading lesson in

cause and effect. How can he determine that his students are able to complete a task on the

concept independently and apply what has been learned:

• Provide a short informal quiz on the concept, while monitoring the room to make

observations and provide feedback.

• Have students work in groups to complete a worksheet on cause and effect.
• Have students complete a journal entry on the meaning of cause and effect and provide

examples.

• Meet with individual students and ask their interpretation of cause and effect and how it is

used in daily life. ✔✔A. Provide a short informal quiz on the concept, while monitoring the room to make observations and provide feedback.

• 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:

• Meet with their parents and have them monitor their child's independent reading.

• Buy each child their favorite book.

• Evaluate the survey to find out the types of books her students are interested in and conduct a

daily read aloud.

• Have each student share his or her favorite book with the class. ✔✔C. Evaluate the survey to

find out the types of books her students are interested in and conduct a daily read aloud.

• In order for administrators and/or reading coaches to determine the focus for professional

development, they need to:

• Summarize and analyze data.

• Analyze past agendas to see what has not been covered during the current year.

• Send out a survey asking teachers to rank their favorite to least favorite professional

developments.

• Ask the school district. ✔✔A. Summarize and analyze data.

6. A summative assessment is implemented:

• Throughout instruction to determine progress in understanding content.

• Before instruction to determine the type of instruction that needs to be implemented for

students to understand new content.

• Sporadically, to ensure that students are paying attention during instruction.

• After instruction of concepts to determine mastery of content. ✔✔D. After instruction of

concepts to determine mastery of content.

7. Standardized assessments for students with special needs are used to:

• Compare their reading levels with students at grade level.
• Motivate students to try harder.
• Support the teacher in designing activities with scaffolds aligned to the state standards.
• Support the teacher in justifying why students are unable to meet the criteria of the state

standards. ✔✔C. Support the teacher in designing activities with scaffolds aligned to the state standards.

8. Standardized assessments for reading are valid if they are used to measure: