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GTLE Literacy and Numeracy Core Competencies

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What is phonemic awareness in early grade literacy?
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What is phonemic awareness in early grade literacy?
The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds (phonemes) in spoken words.
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What is the difference between phonemic awareness and phonics?
Phonemic awareness deals with spoken sounds, while phonics connects spoken sounds to written letters (graphemes).
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What is reading fluency?
The ability to read text accurately, quickly, and with appropriate expression (prosody) and comprehension.
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What is the SQ3R study method for reading comprehension?
Survey, Question, Read, Recite, and Review.
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What is an expository text structure?
Informational writing organized logically around facts, causes and effects, problem-solution, or chronological sequence to explain a topic.
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What is a misplaced modifier in sentence structure?
A descriptive word, phrase, or clause that is improperly separated from the word it describes, causing confusing or unintended meaning.
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What is subject-verb agreement?
The grammatical rule that a verb must agree in number (singular or plural) and person with its grammatical subject.
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What is the function of a semicolon (;) in standard English grammar?
To link two independent clauses that are closely related in thought without using a coordinating conjunction.
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What is parallel structure (parallelism)?
Using the same grammatical pattern for two or more coordinated words, phrases, or clauses in a sentence.
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What is skimming versus scanning in reading skills?
Skimming reads quickly to identify main ideas; scanning searches rapidly for specific information or keywords.
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In educational statistics, what is the arithmetic mean?
The sum of all numerical scores divided by the total number of scores in the dataset.
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What is the median of a dataset?
The middle score that divides an ordered dataset into two equal halves.
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What is the mode in a frequency distribution?
The value or score that occurs most frequently in the distribution.
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What does the standard deviation measure in test score analysis?
The average spread or dispersion of individual test scores around the arithmetic mean.
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In a bell-shaped normal curve, what percentage of scores fall within one standard deviation (±1 SD) of the mean?
Approximately 68% (68.2%).
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What is a percentile rank in educational testing?
The percentage of scores in a norm comparison group that are equal to or lower than a particular student's score.
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What is a standardized z-score?
A score indicating how many standard deviations an observation lies above or below the mean: z = (X - μ) / σ.
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What is the formula for the area of a trapezoid (trapezium)?
Area = 1/2 (a + b) h, where a and b are the parallel sides and h is perpendicular height.
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What is the formula for calculating simple interest?
I = (P R T) / 100, where P is principal, R is annual rate percentage, and T is time in years.
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How is the item difficulty index (p-value) calculated in item analysis?
p = R / N, the number of correct responses divided by the total number of examinees who attempted the item.
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What does a negative item discrimination index indicate?
That lower-performing students scored higher on that specific item than top-performing students, indicating a defective question.
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What is interquartile range (IQR)?
The difference between the 75th percentile (Q3) and 25th percentile (Q1): IQR = Q3 - Q1.
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What is the sum of interior angles in an n-sided polygon?
Sum = (n - 2) * 180 degrees.
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What is straight-line depreciation in financial accounting?
An equal annual reduction in asset value calculated as (Initial Cost - Salvage Value) / Useful Life.
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What is Cronbach's alpha coefficient used to assess in test design?
Internal consistency reliability across test items.
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How do you calculate percentage increase?
Percentage Increase = [(New Value - Original Value) / Original Value] * 100%.

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