Literacy and Reading Quiz

Among adults, higher levels of literacy are usually associated with higher incomes.

• True

• False

Reading achievement is fairly evenly distributed across racial and ethnic groups in the United States.

• True

• False

American schools have a higher proportion of children living in poverty than schools in most other first- and second-world countries.

• True

• False

U.S. students excel at basic reading skills but do less well on reading measures that require higher-order thinking.

• True

• False

Early reading deficits are usually overcome by fourth grade.

• True

• False

Most children enter Kindergarten knowing at least some concepts about print.

• True

• False

Reading is the act of constructing meaning from written text.

• True

• False

The sounds that make up spoken words are called phonics.

• True

• False

A reader’s sight vocabulary consists of words she can easily recognize.

• True

• False

The ability to make correct inferences while reading depends on the reader’s familiarity with the topic.

• True

• False