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53Competencies reviewed
99%Test-aligned
52Covered
1Partially covered
0Gaps
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- Partially coveredCore content is covered, but some depth gaps remain.
- Coverage gap identifiedA content gap has been identified.
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Phonological and Phonemic Awareness and Emergent Literacy (Domain I)Covered
184 questions · 8 materials · 46 cards · 0 videosCovered
| Official competency | Matching 240 topics | Alignment | Qs | Mats | Cards | Vids | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Is familiar with receptive and expressive components associated with oral language development | ELA.Integration of Language Skills; ELA.Teaching - Oral Language V2 | Covered | 35 | 2 | 10 | 0 | Covered by 2 topics (35 questions, 2 materials, 10 cards, 0 videos). |
| B. Is familiar with how to identify cultural, environmental, and linguistic factors that may have an impact on literacy development | ELA.Factors Affecting Literacy Development; ELA.Process of Learning - Literacy | Covered | 28 | 2 | 9 | 0 | Covered by 2 topics (28 questions, 2 materials, 9 cards, 0 videos). |
| C. Is familiar with instructional methods for teaching phonological awareness and phonemic awareness (e.g., syllables and onset and rime, phoneme segmenting, blending, deletion, and substitution) | ELA.Teaching - Phonemic Awareness; ELA.Teaching - Phonological Awareness V2 | Covered | 58 | 2 | 16 | 0 | Covered by 2 topics (58 questions, 2 materials, 16 cards, 0 videos). |
| D. Knows how to recognize phonemic-awareness difficulties across ages and grades | ELA.Teaching - Phonemic Awareness | Covered | 34 | 1 | 10 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (34 questions, 1 materials, 10 cards, 0 videos). |
| E. Knows instructional methods to teach beginning readers the concepts about print, such as directionality, return sweep, parts of a book, and the form and function of print | ELA.Teaching - Concepts of Print | Covered | 26 | 1 | 8 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (26 questions, 1 materials, 8 cards, 0 videos). |
| F. Knows instructional strategies to help emergent readers fluently identify letter names and sounds | ELA.Teaching - Alphabetic Knowledge and Principle V2 | Covered | 37 | 1 | 8 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (37 questions, 1 materials, 8 cards, 0 videos). |
| G. Knows how to select and apply formal and informal assessment methods and use the data to guide instruction and monitor student progress for phonological and phonemic awareness including emergent literacy | ELA.Teaching - Phonemic Awareness; ELA.Teaching - Phonological Awareness V2 | Covered | 58 | 2 | 16 | 0 | Covered by 2 topics (58 questions, 2 materials, 16 cards, 0 videos). |
Phonics and Decoding (Domain II)Covered
155 questions · 7 materials · 56 cards · 0 videosCovered
| Official competency | Matching 240 topics | Alignment | Qs | Mats | Cards | Vids | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Is familiar with the impact of decoding skills on literacy development across grade levels | ELA.Impact of Phonics and Word Decoding on Fluency and Vocabulary | Covered | 6 | 1 | 10 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (6 questions, 1 materials, 10 cards, 0 videos). |
| B. Knows instructional methods for teaching phonics and decoding systematically, explicitly, and recursively across grade levels | ELA.Teaching - Phonics and Decoding V2; ELA.Stages of Word Recognition | Covered | 68 | 2 | 21 | 0 | Covered by 2 topics (68 questions, 2 materials, 21 cards, 0 videos). |
| C. Knows instructional methods for teaching common phonics patterns and rules (consonant digraphs, blends, diphthongs, schwa sound, syllable types, etc.) | ELA.Teaching - Phonics and Decoding V2; ELA.Phonics and Decoding | Covered | 93 | 2 | 31 | 0 | Covered by 2 topics (93 questions, 2 materials, 31 cards, 0 videos). |
| D. Understands instructional methods for teaching morphological analysis (i.e., affixes, roots, and base words) | ELA.Teaching - Morphological Analysis | Covered | 12 | 1 | 7 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (12 questions, 1 materials, 7 cards, 0 videos). |
| E. Understands instructional methods for teaching syllable types in decoding multisyllabic words | ELA.Teaching - Syllabication | Covered | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (12 questions, 1 materials, 0 cards, 0 videos). |
| F. Is familiar with multisensory approaches for supporting student recognition of non- decodable/irregularly spelled words (i.e., was, listen, though, the, once) | ELA.Teaching - High-Frequency Words | Covered | 19 | 1 | 5 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (19 questions, 1 materials, 5 cards, 0 videos). |
Vocabulary and Fluency (Domain III)Covered
277 questions · 7 materials · 42 cards · 2 videosCovered
| Official competency | Matching 240 topics | Alignment | Qs | Mats | Cards | Vids | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Understands instructional methods to foster students’ fluency (accuracy, automaticity, prosody, and self-efficacy) | ELA.Teaching - Reading Fluency V2 | Covered | 85 | 1 | 12 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (85 questions, 1 materials, 12 cards, 0 videos). |
| B. Knows methods of supporting fluent reading behaviors at the letter name/sound, word, phrase, sentence, and passage level | ELA.Teaching - Reading Fluency V2 | Covered | 85 | 1 | 12 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (85 questions, 1 materials, 12 cards, 0 videos). |
| C. Understands instructional methods to build, expand, and use expressive and receptive vocabulary systematically, explicitly, and through repeated exposures in multiple contexts | ELA.Teaching - Increasing Vocabulary V2 | Covered | 63 | 1 | 16 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (63 questions, 1 materials, 16 cards, 0 videos). |
| D. Knows multiple approaches to teach word-solving and structural analysis | ELA.Teaching - Determining Meaning of Words | Covered | 47 | 1 | 12 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (47 questions, 1 materials, 12 cards, 0 videos). |
| E. Knows how to guide students to understand a wide variety of words (common, content-specific) through direct instruction | ELA.Three Tiers of Words; ELA.Teaching - Increasing Vocabulary V2 | Covered | 84 | 2 | 19 | 1 | Covered by 2 topics (84 questions, 2 materials, 19 cards, 1 videos). |
| F. Is familiar with multiple instructional methods for vocabulary instruction (e.g., cognates, figurative language, idioms) of second-language learners | ELA.ELL Teaching - Vocabulary | Covered | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (10 questions, 1 materials, 8 cards, 0 videos). |
| G. Understands how grammatical functions and punctuation affect fluency and meaning of text | ELA.Teaching - Reading Fluency V2 | Covered | 85 | 1 | 12 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (85 questions, 1 materials, 12 cards, 0 videos). |
| H. Understands how fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension are interrelated | ELA.Teaching - Reading Fluency V2 | Covered | 85 | 1 | 12 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (85 questions, 1 materials, 12 cards, 0 videos). |
| I. Knows how to apply formal and informal assessment methods and use the data to guide instruction and monitor student progress for vocabulary and fluency | ELA.Assessment - Reading Fluency; ELA.Process of Learning and Intervention - Reading Fluency | Covered | 51 | 2 | 9 | 1 | Covered by 2 topics (51 questions, 2 materials, 9 cards, 1 videos). |
Comprehension of Literary and Informational Text (Domain IV)Covered
480 questions · 22 materials · 163 cards · 6 videosCovered
| Official competency | Matching 240 topics | Alignment | Qs | Mats | Cards | Vids | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Understands how to support students’ listening comprehension and how it relates to reading comprehension | ELA.Listening Comprehension to Support Reading | Covered | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (9 questions, 1 materials, 7 cards, 0 videos). |
| B. Knows how to apply knowledge of child and adolescent development to the teaching of literary and informational texts | ELA.Levels of Comprehension; ELA.Process of Learning - Comprehension and Analysis | Covered | 35 | 2 | 3 | 2 | Covered by 2 topics (35 questions, 2 materials, 3 cards, 2 videos). |
| C. Is familiar with how to differentiate instruction, tasks, and materials (print and digital) that are appropriate and culturally responsive to all learners | ELA.Differentiation in Reading Instruction; ELA.Culturally Responsive Reading Instruction; ELA.Selecting Instructional Materials; ELA.Reading and Special Needs | Covered | 70 | 4 | 31 | 1 | Covered by 4 topics (70 questions, 4 materials, 31 cards, 1 videos). |
| D. Is familiar with how to use measures (i.e., qualitative, quantitative, reader and task) of text complexity to select appropriate texts for instruction and to guide students in self-selecting texts to increase motivation and engagement in literacy development | ELA.Measures of Text Complexity - Three-Part Model; ELA.Developing Readers | Covered | 44 | 2 | 8 | 1 | Covered by 2 topics (44 questions, 2 materials, 8 cards, 1 videos). |
| E. Knows how to use technology to support student’s ability to critically examine online resources and knows how to foster digital literacy to support active learning and research across content areas | ELA.Teaching Technology - Literacy Skills | Covered | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (12 questions, 1 materials, 3 cards, 0 videos). |
| F. Knows how to integrate speaking and active-listening skills into the reading process to scaffold understanding (e.g., probing, discussions, questioning, and responding) | ELA.Listening Comprehension to Support Reading; ELA.Question-Answer Relationship (Praxis) | Covered | 15 | 2 | 8 | 0 | Covered by 2 topics (15 questions, 2 materials, 8 cards, 0 videos). |
| G. Understands how to activate and scaffold students’ background knowledge to increase comprehension and how students’ experiences influence the way they interpret a text | ELA.Teaching - Reading Comprehension (All Texts) | Covered | 84 | 1 | 20 | 1 | Covered by 1 topic (84 questions, 1 materials, 20 cards, 1 videos). |
| H. Knows how to use various approaches to develop comprehension skills from simple to complex (e.g., retelling, summarizing, understanding thesis, and complex arguments) | ELA.Teaching - Reading Comprehension (All Texts) | Covered | 84 | 1 | 20 | 1 | Covered by 1 topic (84 questions, 1 materials, 20 cards, 1 videos). |
| I. Knows how to direct students to draw inferences from text(s) and cite relevant textual evidence to support comprehension and text analysis | ELA.Teaching - Reading Comprehension (All Texts) | Covered | 84 | 1 | 20 | 1 | Covered by 1 topic (84 questions, 1 materials, 20 cards, 1 videos). |
| J. Understands how to apply the data from formal and informal assessments to guide and differentiate instruction, monitor student progress, and select teaching strategies that support readers as they construct literal and inferential meaning, including the author’s use of language | ELA.Assessment - Reading Comprehension; ELA.Planning and Adjusting Reading Instruction | Covered | 54 | 2 | 16 | 0 | Covered by 2 topics (54 questions, 2 materials, 16 cards, 0 videos). |
| K. Understands the role of language structures of text (i.e., sentence, phrase, paragraph) in comprehension | ELA.Language Structures and Comprehension | Covered | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (5 questions, 1 materials, 7 cards, 0 videos). |
| L. Knows how to model metacognitive strategies that support students to self-monitor their understanding of text (e.g., analyze, synthesize, evaluate) | ELA.Teaching - Reading Comprehension (All Texts) | Covered | 84 | 1 | 20 | 1 | Covered by 1 topic (84 questions, 1 materials, 20 cards, 1 videos). |
| M. Understands how to teach the use of graphic and semantic organizers to support comprehension | ELA.Teaching - Reading Comprehension (All Texts); ELA.Graphic Organizers | Covered | 101 | 2 | 22 | 1 | Covered by 2 topics (101 questions, 2 materials, 22 cards, 1 videos). |
| N. Knows how to teach the recognition and understanding of literary (e.g., poetry, prose, drama, biography, how-to) and informational text, including genre text structure (e.g., story elements, description, cause and effect) and text features (e.g., text boxes, graphs, technical language) | ELA.Teaching - Literary Analysis; ELA.Teaching - Informational Text Comprehension; ELA.Teaching - Poetry Analysis | Covered | 95 | 3 | 78 | 1 | Covered by 3 topics (95 questions, 3 materials, 78 cards, 1 videos). |
| O. Knows how to teach the recognition and understanding of literary devices (e.g., figurative language, connotation, nuance of words, rhetoric, appositives, and alliteration) and author's word choices, format/style, text structure, and visual representations to create a desired effect (e.g., meaning, tone, mood) | ELA.Teaching - Figurative Language; ELA.Teaching - Argumentative Text Analysis | Covered | 40 | 2 | 18 | 0 | Covered by 2 topics (40 questions, 2 materials, 18 cards, 0 videos). |
| P. Knows ways to demonstrate how source material can be represented in multiple mediums and can have more than one interpretation or version | ELA.Teaching - Multiple Representations of Information | Covered | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (9 questions, 1 materials, 1 cards, 0 videos). |
Writing (Domain V)Partially covered
363 questions · 18 materials · 118 cards · 1 videosPartially covered
| Official competency | Matching 240 topics | Alignment | Qs | Mats | Cards | Vids | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Understands how to teach writing as a recursive process that supports self-evaluation, expression, analysis, and inquiry | ELA.Teaching - Stages of the Writing Process; ELA.Teaching - Self and Peer Writing Assessment | Covered | 42 | 2 | 18 | 1 | Covered by 2 topics (42 questions, 2 materials, 18 cards, 1 videos). |
| B. Knows systematic, explicit, and responsive instructional methods to build students' understanding and use of writing (e.g., Simple View of Writing, Not So Simple View of Writing) | ELA.The Simple and Not-So-Simple Views of Writing; ELA.Teaching - Writing Skills | Covered | 23 | 2 | 11 | 0 | Covered by 2 topics (23 questions, 2 materials, 11 cards, 0 videos). |
| C. Knows instructional methods for integrating reading and writing in varied contexts and across grade levels and disciplinary domains | ELA.Writing to Support Reading; ELA.Cross-Disciplinary Literacy | Covered | 22 | 2 | 12 | 0 | Covered by 2 topics (22 questions, 2 materials, 12 cards, 0 videos). |
| D. Is familiar with instructional methods to support writing development for English learners | ELA.ELL Teaching - Writing Skills | Partially covered | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Partial coverage by 1 topic (3 questions, 1 materials, 0 cards, 0 videos); limited supporting content. |
| E. Is familiar with instructional methods to support student use of multiple print and digital tools for communication, collaboration, research, and writing (including the use of credible and accurate sources) | ELA.Teaching Technology - Writing Skills; ELA.Teaching - The Research Process | Covered | 51 | 2 | 16 | 0 | Covered by 2 topics (51 questions, 2 materials, 16 cards, 0 videos). |
| F. Is familiar with the defining characteristics, purpose, appropriate audience, and instructional methods for teaching the types of writing (e.g., informational/expository, argument/persuasive/opinion, and narrative) | ELA.Teaching - Writing Types and Various Contexts | Covered | 35 | 1 | 7 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (35 questions, 1 materials, 7 cards, 0 videos). |
| G. Knows how to model author’s use of craft for effect to develop written language across grade levels | ELA.Teaching - Writing Types and Various Contexts | Covered | 35 | 1 | 7 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (35 questions, 1 materials, 7 cards, 0 videos). |
| H. Is familiar with using mentor texts to motivate and support students throughout writing | ELA.Teaching - Writing Skills | Covered | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (20 questions, 1 materials, 2 cards, 0 videos). |
| I. Knows how to model editing and revising to refine a piece of writing and how to teach the structure of written language, including conventions of grammar and mechanics (parallel structure, phrases, clauses, punctuation) | ELA.Teaching - Revision and Editing Skills; ELA.Teaching - Proper Writing and Grammar Conventions; ELA.Parts of Speech; ELA.Types of Phrases | Covered | 72 | 4 | 23 | 0 | Covered by 4 topics (72 questions, 4 materials, 23 cards, 0 videos). |
| J. Knows methods to connect the teaching of both decoding and encoding as reciprocal skills | ELA.Teaching - Phonics and Decoding V2 | Covered | 55 | 1 | 14 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (55 questions, 1 materials, 14 cards, 0 videos). |
| K. Knows how to take a systematic, explicit, multisensory, recursive approach to spelling development | ELA.Teaching - Spelling | Covered | 26 | 1 | 19 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (26 questions, 1 materials, 19 cards, 0 videos). |
| L. Knows how to apply formal and informal assessment methods and use the data to guide instruction and monitor student progress for written expression | ELA.Assessment - Writing Skills; ELA.Differentiation in Writing Instruction | Covered | 34 | 2 | 8 | 0 | Covered by 2 topics (34 questions, 2 materials, 8 cards, 0 videos). |
Assessment and Instructional Decision Making (Constructed Response) (Domain VI)Covered
12 questions · 1 materials · 0 cards · 0 videosCovered
| Official competency | Matching 240 topics | Alignment | Qs | Mats | Cards | Vids | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Elementary Literacy Learners | CRQ.P.5206.R.V2 | Covered | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (12 questions, 1 materials, 0 cards, 0 videos). |
| B. Secondary Literacy Learners | CRQ.P.5206.R.V2 | Covered | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (12 questions, 1 materials, 0 cards, 0 videos). |
| C. Diverse Literacy Learners (i.e., gifted, English learners, struggling readers and writers, and students with learning disabilities) | CRQ.P.5206.R.V2 | Covered | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (12 questions, 1 materials, 0 cards, 0 videos). |
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