FTCE Professional Education Practice Exam

What can a teacher accurately conclude about Sharon based on her formal reading assessment scores?

1. She struggles with identifying the main idea.

2. She performs better than 70% of her peers.

3. She needs improvement in making inferences.

4. She reads at a level equivalent to a 4th grader.

The correct answer is: She needs improvement in making inferences.

The conclusion that Sharon needs improvement in making inferences can be drawn when her formal reading assessment scores indicate specific gaps in understanding text beyond just surface-level comprehension. If the assessment measures her ability to make inferences and the results reflect difficulties in connecting ideas or reading deeper meanings from the text, it suggests that this is an area where she requires additional support. Inferences are crucial for comprehension, as they allow readers to draw conclusions, make predictions, and understand implicit meanings that are not directly stated. Therefore, if Sharon’s assessment scores indicate challenges in this skill, then recognizing the need for improvement in making inferences aligns with her performance data. Other options focus on different skills or comparative metrics that may not be directly supported by the given assessment scores. For example, identifying the main idea is a specific skill not necessarily assumed from general inference abilities, while performing better than 70% of peers or reading at a level equivalent to a particular grade does not speak directly to her specific areas of need.