Test Design and 
Test Framework

Field 222: Reading Teacher

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The test design below describes general test information. The framework that follows is a detailed outline that explains the knowledge and skills that this test measures.

Test Design

Format Computer-based test (CBT)
Number of Questions 100 multiple-choice questions
Time* 3 hours, 15 minutes
Passing Score 240

*Does not include 15-minute CBT tutorial

Test Framework

Pie chart of approximate test weighting outlined in the table below.



Test Subarea Number of Test Objectives Number of Scorable Items Number of Non-Scorable Items subarea weight as percent of total test score
Subarea 1—Theoretical, Professional, and Language Foundations 4 21 5 27 percent
Subarea 2—Literate Environment 2 11 3 13 percent
Subarea 3—Reading Assessment 3 16 4 20 percent
Subarea 4—Reading Instruction 6 32 8 40 percent
Totals 15 80 20 100 percent

Subarea 1—Theoretical, Professional, and Language Foundations

Objective 0001—Understand foundations of reading instruction.

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Objective 0002—Understand professional roles and responsibilities, including curriculum design and implementation, and professional development in the field of reading.

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Objective 0003—Understand oral language foundations of literacy development.

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Objective 0004—Understand the influence of individual differences and diversity on language and literacy development and instruction.

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Subarea 2—Literate Environment

Objective 0005—Understand characteristics of educational environments that promote literacy development.

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Objective 0006—Understand strategies for evaluating, securing, and managing resources to support effective reading instruction.

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Subarea 3—Reading Assessment

Objective 0007—Understand foundations of reading assessment.

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Objective 0008—Understand assessment of essential components of reading development.

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Objective 0009—Understand assessment for the purpose of diagnosing reading difficulties and principles of working with students with reading difficulties.

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Subarea 4—Reading Instruction

Objective 0010—Understand emergent literacy, including development of phonemic awareness.

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Objective 0011—Understand the development of phonics and other word identification skills and spelling.

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Objective 0012—Understand development of reading fluency.

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Objective 0013—Understand the development of academic language, including vocabulary and complex language structures.

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Objective 0014—Understand the development of reading comprehension.

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Objective 0015—Understand literary and informational texts and how to enhance students' comprehension and analysis of different types of texts for various purposes through reading and writing.

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