Nes Subtest 1

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One principle of both first and second language acquistion is that learning a first or second language occurs...

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in predictable stages and patterns of development.

Front 2

For a beginning reader to succeed in recognizing the meaning of a word the reader has just decoded, which of the following must be true?

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The word is already part of the reader's oral vocabulary.

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Which of the following early literacy skills is most likely to transfer from a first language when a child is learning a second language?

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An understanding of the functions and uses of print and writing.

Front 4

Which of the following emergent readers shows clear evidence of having begun to develop phonemic awareness?

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A child who can identify the initial sound of spoken words.

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A kindergarten student recognizes that there are seven words in the spoken sentence "The bird flies high in the sky." The student is demonstrating:

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Phonological awareness

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Prior to having a guest speaker in class, an upper-elementary teacher could best facilitate students' listening comprehension during the presentation by:

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guiding students in developing a list of questions they would like to have answered by the presentation.

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A second grade teacher begins a read aloud of an informal passage by asking students to think of a good title for the passage while they listen. After reading, the teacher writes down titles the students suggest, and class members discuss which of the titles would be most accurate and informative. This most clearly promotes which listening skill?

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Listening for the main idea and an author's purpose.

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When reading aloud from a text, a student is able to recognize written words rapidly and accurately with appropriate expression. This indicates that the student has acquired which of the following literacy skills?

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Reading fluency

Front 9

Using structural analysis would be most effective for identifying which of the following words?

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Rechargeable

Front 10

Research has shown that phonics instruction is an effective tool for developing children's early literacy when it is reinforced with:

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Decodable reading material

Front 11

Which of the following statements about the encoding and decoding of text is accurate?

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Students should be taught decoding and encoding together because these are reciprocal processes that mutually reinforce each other.

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An intervention focused of prosody would be most appropriate for addressing the needs of which of the following students who have not yet developed reading fluency?

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A student who reads aloud accurately but without appropriate expression or pauses between sentences.

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A teacher could most effectively use repeated readings of grade level text to promote students' reading fluency by:

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encouraging students to read the test faster and more accurately with each reading.

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Several third grade students lack automatic word recognition of grade level sight words. Which of the strategies would be most effective in addressing the students' needs?

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Providing students with explicit instruction in the spelling of the target words and frequent opportunities to use the words in writing activities.

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A child's general knowledge and life experience have the greatest effect on which of the following literacy skills?

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Ability to comprehend grade level texts

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A fourth-grade teacher introduces students to important concepts and new vocabulary before students participate in a hands-on science activity. After the activity, which of the following strategies would most effectively reinforce students' learning of the new vocabulary.

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Ask students to use the target word as they discuss what they learned from the activity.

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One significant difference between drama and fiction is that drama commonly features:

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A plot that advances almost solely through dialogue and action

Front 18

Which of the following sentences contains and error in subject-verb agreement?

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One of the students are eating vanilla ice cream for dessert.

Front 19

Currency must have which of the following attributes before it can be used as an effective medium of exchange?

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The people who use the currency accept that it has value.

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Powers of the legislative branch?

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-Regulating interstate commerce

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Credit card companies frequently use this advertising tactic to attract new customers:

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Promising additional benefits such as free airline tickets

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The primary purpose of the Jim Crow laws, enacted in the southern states beginning in the late 1800s, was to:

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legalize segregation and disenfranchisement of African Americans

Front 23

Which of the following best describes a major trend in the U.S. society during the last two decades of the twentieth century?

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Changing attitudes toward work and family broadened the economic opportunities available to women.

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The earliest civilizations of the Middle East were founded in which of the following locations?

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In river valleys where periodic floods improved the fertility of the soil.

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Which of the following best describes a significant consequence of WWI?

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Allied leaders redrew the political boundaries of Eastern Europe.

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Which of the following statements is a historical fact?

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Native American societies domesticated the maize plant.

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Which of the following most accurately describes how a major technological innovation has affected the development of European societies?

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The steam engine allowed manufacturers to produce a greater quantity of goods at a lower cost.

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A geographer would most likely use the concept of INTERDEPENDENCE to analyze which of the following subjects?

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Economic relations between Mexico and Canada.

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Which human activity is the primary cause of acid rain?

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Burning coal

Front 30

The Suez Canal provides a link between the Red Sea and

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The Mediterranean Sea

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Which of the following questions would be most useful for a historian to ask when evaluating the credibility of a web site?

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Who created the Web site?

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Mediterranean climate?

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dry summers with hot temps

moist winters with mild temps