MTTC Reading (005) case studies
MTTC Reading (005) · Put your knowledge to work in context.
Reading (005) is one of the Michigan Test for Teacher Certification (MTTC) subject assessments, administered by Evaluation Systems group of Pearson for the Michigan Department of Education. It carries endorsement code BT. The MTTC Reading (005) case studies are 5 cases and about 2,556 words.
1First-Grade Decoding and Fluency Decision
A reading specialist reviews fall screening data for a first-grade class. One student, Mateo, age 6 years 4 months, scores 95% accuracy on a grade-level oral reading passage but reads only 18 words correct per minute; the class median is 52.
524 words, about 3 min2Ninth-Grade Biology Text Demands
A ninth-grade biology teacher asks the reading specialist for help with a unit on cell transport. The required textbook chapter is 12 pages of dense paragraphs with embedded diagrams and terms such as 'osmosis,' 'hypertonic,' and 'semipermeable.' One student, Jordan, age 14, reads narrative text at a seventh-grade level and scores in the 45th percentile on a standardized reading comprehension test.
526 words, about 3 min3English Learner Referral Decision
A fourth-grade English learner, Sofia, age 9, moved from Mexico 20 months ago. She scores at the 40th percentile on English word reading but at the 15th percentile on vocabulary and 20th on passage comprehension.
512 words, about 3 min4Tier 2 Nonresponse in Second Grade
A second grader, Aaliyah, age 7 years 5 months, has received 10 weeks of Tier 2 intervention in a group of four. The intervention focused on comprehension strategies-making predictions and retelling-because her fall oral reading fluency was 14 words correct per minute and her teacher described her as 'not understanding what she reads.' Progress monitoring twice weekly shows a flat trend: 12–16 wcpm with 85–90% accuracy.
487 words, about 2 min5High School Dyslexia Evaluation and Accommodations
A 10th-grade student, Priya, age 15, is referred for a comprehensive evaluation. She reads single words accurately but slowly: her word reading standard score is 82, decoding 79, reading fluency 75, and reading comprehension 85.
507 words, about 3 min