CALT Study Guide 2026
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📋 CALT Exam Format at a Glance
📚 CALT Topics to Study (123)
✍️ Sample CALT Questions & Answers
1. Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM) probes for written expression typically measure:
CBM writing probes commonly measure Correct Word Sequences (CWS)—pairs of adjacent correctly spelled and grammatically appropriate words—as a sensitive indicator of written language proficiency.
2. Which of the following BEST describes the role of 'audience awareness' in written composition?
Audience awareness involves adapting word choice, tone, and assumed background knowledge to suit the intended reader.
3. A CALT conducts an error analysis on a student's oral reading and notices consistent substitution of short vowel sounds (e.g., reading 'bit' as 'bet'). This pattern MOST likely reflects a deficit in:
Consistent short vowel substitution errors indicate a specific gap in the phoneme-grapheme correspondence knowledge for short vowel sounds.
4. Phonemic awareness is best described as:
Phonemic awareness is a specific subskill of phonological awareness focused exclusively on the phoneme in spoken language and does not involve print.
5. A student correctly identifies that 'cat,' 'cup,' and 'coat' begin with the same sound. This skill is BEST described as:
Recognizing that multiple words share the same initial phoneme is the definition of alliteration awareness, a form of initial phoneme identity.
6. A student in ALT is learning to read words with the suffix -tion. This is best categorized as instruction in:
The suffix -tion is a morpheme, so teaching it falls under morphological instruction within the ALT curriculum.
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