Unofficial practice for MTEL Reading Specialist (62): foundational skills, instruction, assessment and language foundations, each answer sourced.
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A kindergartner tracks a line of print with a finger from left to right, then sweeps back to the start of the next line down. Which print concept does this show?Massachusetts Curriculum Framework for English Language Arts and Literacy (2017), kindergarten Reading Standards for Foundational Skills, standard 1 (Print Concepts) (read 2026-10-12). Written to MTEL Reading Specialist (62), objective 0001
A phonics program starts with regular spelling patterns and moves on purpose to harder ones, each lesson building on what was taught before. Which word names this feature of instruction?Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Mass Literacy Guide, "Skills for Early Reading: Phonics and Decoding" (read 2026-10-12). Written to MTEL Reading Specialist (62), objective 0003
A teacher says the syllable "clap" aloud and asks for its rime. Which part is the rime?Massachusetts Curriculum Framework for English Language Arts and Literacy (2017), Glossary, "Onset" and "Rime" (read 2026-10-12). Written to MTEL Reading Specialist (62), objective 0002
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Subarea I: Foundational literacy development, continued
A third grader reads a passage rapidly, in a monotone, and cannot say what it was about. By Mass Literacy's account, is this fluent reading?Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Mass Literacy Guide, "Skills for Early Reading: Automatic Word Recognition" (read 2026-10-12). Written to MTEL Reading Specialist (62), objective 0004
By the glossary of the Massachusetts ELA framework, in which three ways can the constituents of a spoken word such as "book" be distinguished?Massachusetts Curriculum Framework for English Language Arts and Literacy (2017), Glossary, "Phonological awareness" (read 2026-10-12). Written to MTEL Reading Specialist (62), objective 0002
By the glossary of the Massachusetts ELA framework, which of these is a digraph?Massachusetts Curriculum Framework for English Language Arts and Literacy (2017), Glossary, "Digraph" and "Diphthong" (read 2026-10-12). Written to MTEL Reading Specialist (62), objective 0003
Mass Literacy describes a progression of phonological skills. Which task belongs to advanced phonemic awareness?Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Mass Literacy Guide, "Skills for Early Reading: Phonological Awareness" (read 2026-10-12). Written to MTEL Reading Specialist (62), objective 0002
Massachusetts kindergarten foundational skills standard 1 lists four print concepts. Which of these is one of them?Massachusetts Curriculum Framework for English Language Arts and Literacy (2017), kindergarten Reading Standards for Foundational Skills, standard 1 (Print Concepts) (read 2026-10-12). Written to MTEL Reading Specialist (62), objective 0001
What is orthographic mapping, as Mass Literacy describes it?Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Mass Literacy Guide, "Skills for Early Reading: Automatic Word Recognition" (read 2026-10-12). Written to MTEL Reading Specialist (62), objective 0003
Why does Mass Literacy want beginners to read connected text made of letter-sound correspondences they were recently taught?Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Mass Literacy Guide, "Skills for Early Reading: Phonics and Decoding" (read 2026-10-12). Written to MTEL Reading Specialist (62), objective 0003
Subarea II: Literacy components and resources 10
By the glossary of the Massachusetts ELA framework, how does revising differ from editing?Massachusetts Curriculum Framework for English Language Arts and Literacy (2017), Glossary, "Revising" and "Editing" (read 2026-10-12). Written to MTEL Reading Specialist (62), objective 0006
By the Massachusetts ELA framework, text complexity is measured by evaluating the text qualitatively, evaluating it quantitatively, and what else?Massachusetts Curriculum Framework for English Language Arts and Literacy (2017), College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards, note on measuring text complexity (read 2026-10-12). Written to MTEL Reading Specialist (62), objective 0005
How do the Guiding Principles of the Massachusetts ELA framework define authentic texts?Massachusetts Curriculum Framework for English Language Arts and Literacy (2017), Guiding Principles for English Language Arts and Literacy Programs, Guiding Principle 5 (read 2026-10-12). Written to MTEL Reading Specialist (62), objective 0005
How does the glossary of the Massachusetts ELA framework define disciplinary literacy?Massachusetts Curriculum Framework for English Language Arts and Literacy (2017), Glossary, "Disciplinary literacy" (read 2026-10-12). Written to MTEL Reading Specialist (62), objective 0008
In the three-tier model of vocabulary that the Massachusetts ELA framework cites, which words are "Tier Two" words?Massachusetts Curriculum Framework for English Language Arts and Literacy (2017), section on vocabulary: general academic and domain-specific words (read 2026-10-12). Written to MTEL Reading Specialist (62), objective 0007
Mass Literacy passes on advice for choosing vocabulary to teach. Which words should be targeted?Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Mass Literacy Guide, "Skills for Early Reading: Vocabulary and Morphology" (read 2026-10-12). Written to MTEL Reading Specialist (62), objective 0007
Mass Literacy wants children's texts to be "mirrors and windows". What does that mean?Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Mass Literacy Guide, "Pathway to Equity in Early Literacy" (read 2026-10-12). Written to MTEL Reading Specialist (62), objective 0005
Reciprocal teaching builds reading comprehension through dialogue between teacher and students. Which four strategies do students practice?Wikipedia, "Reciprocal teaching", lead (read 2026-10-12). Written to MTEL Reading Specialist (62), objective 0007
Which practice does Mass Literacy pass on for teaching the structures of expository text?Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Mass Literacy Guide, "Skills for Early Reading: Higher-level language skills" (read 2026-10-12). Written to MTEL Reading Specialist (62), objective 0008
Which three types of writing do Massachusetts writing standards 1, 2 and 3 name?Massachusetts Curriculum Framework for English Language Arts and Literacy (2017), Writing Standards 1 to 3, Text Types and Purposes (read 2026-10-12). Written to MTEL Reading Specialist (62), objective 0006
Subarea III: Literacy assessment and evaluation 10
A first grader who can already segment words into sounds in Spanish is new to English. What does Mass Literacy report about such phonological awareness?Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Mass Literacy Guide, "Skills for Early Reading: Phonological Awareness" (read 2026-10-12). Written to MTEL Reading Specialist (62), objective 0009
A score report places a student's reading relative to a national sample of students in the same grade. Which kind of test yields this estimate of position in a population?Wikipedia, "Norm-referenced test", lead; and "Criterion-referenced test", lead (read 2026-10-12). Written to MTEL Reading Specialist (62), objective 0011
A student still struggles after strong core instruction and targeted support at Tier 2. What does Mass Literacy say about Tier 3?Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Mass Literacy Guide, "Leading a Multi-tiered System of Support: Tiered Instruction" (read 2026-10-12). Written to MTEL Reading Specialist (62), objective 0012
FERPA gives parents the right to see their child's education records. What generally changes once the student turns 18?Wikipedia, "Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act", lead (read 2026-10-12). Written to MTEL Reading Specialist (62), objective 0011
In the definition of dyslexia that the Massachusetts Dyslexia Guidelines quote from the International Dyslexia Association, from what do the word-reading difficulties typically result?Massachusetts Dyslexia Guidelines, Chapter 1, the definition of dyslexia of the International Dyslexia Association (read 2026-10-12). Written to MTEL Reading Specialist (62), objective 0010
In the subtypes that the Massachusetts Dyslexia Guidelines describe, what does a student with a "double deficit" show?Massachusetts Dyslexia Guidelines, Chapter 2, subtypes of dyslexia (read 2026-10-12). Written to MTEL Reading Specialist (62), objective 0010
The Massachusetts MTSS Blueprint names five implementation drivers. Which of these is one of them?Multi-Tiered System of Support: A Blueprint for Massachusetts Educators, Introduction and "Five Implementation Drivers" (read 2026-10-12). Written to MTEL Reading Specialist (62), objective 0012
The test objectives name BICS among the strengths of multilingual students. Which description fits basic interpersonal communicative skills?Wikipedia, "Cognitive academic language proficiency", sections BICS and CALP (read 2026-10-12). Written to MTEL Reading Specialist (62), objective 0009
What is progress monitoring used for?Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Mass Literacy Guide, "Leading a Multi-tiered System of Support: Data-Based Decision Making" (read 2026-10-12). Written to MTEL Reading Specialist (62), objective 0011
Which description fits universal screening?Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Mass Literacy Guide, "Leading a Multi-tiered System of Support: Data-Based Decision Making" (read 2026-10-12). Written to MTEL Reading Specialist (62), objective 0011
Subarea IV: Theoretical, professional and language foundations 10
A fourth grader decodes words accurately but understands little of a story read aloud to her. By the simple view of reading, what will hold back her reading comprehension?Wikipedia, "Simple view of reading", lead (read 2026-10-12). Written to MTEL Reading Specialist (62), objective 0013
A listener takes "Can you pass the salt?" as a request, not as a question about ability. Which field studies how context contributes to meaning in this way?Wikipedia, "Pragmatics", lead (read 2026-10-12). Written to MTEL Reading Specialist (62), objective 0014
A morpheme is the smallest part of a word that carries meaning. How many morphemes does "unreadable" contain?Wikipedia, "Morpheme", lead; and the Massachusetts ELA framework, Glossary, "Root (word)" (read 2026-10-12). Written to MTEL Reading Specialist (62), objective 0014
A phoneme is the smallest speech sound that changes what is communicated. How many phonemes are in the spoken word "sheep"?Massachusetts Curriculum Framework for English Language Arts and Literacy (2017), Glossary, "Phoneme" (read 2026-10-12). Written to MTEL Reading Specialist (62), objective 0014
Andragogy, which Malcolm Knowles proposed as a theory of adult learning, rests on which view of learners?Wikipedia, "Andragogy", lead (read 2026-10-12). Written to MTEL Reading Specialist (62), objective 0016
As Mass Literacy defines it, citing the Every Student Succeeds Act, what makes instruction "evidence-based"?Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Mass Literacy Guide, "Pathway to Equity in Early Literacy" (read 2026-10-12). Written to MTEL Reading Specialist (62), objective 0013
By Mass Literacy's account, when is word recognition automatic?Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Mass Literacy Guide, "Skills for Early Reading: Automatic Word Recognition" (read 2026-10-12). Written to MTEL Reading Specialist (62), objective 0015
Mass Literacy cites Gloria Ladson-Billings on three outcomes that culturally responsive teaching promotes. Which set names them?Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Mass Literacy Guide, "Pathway to Equity in Early Literacy" (read 2026-10-12). Written to MTEL Reading Specialist (62), objective 0016
Which activity does Mass Literacy describe for developing syntax?Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Mass Literacy Guide, "Skills for Early Reading: Syntax" (read 2026-10-12). Written to MTEL Reading Specialist (62), objective 0014
Which three higher-level language skills does Mass Literacy list as part of language comprehension?Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Mass Literacy Guide, "Skills for Early Reading: Higher-level language skills" (read 2026-10-12). Written to MTEL Reading Specialist (62), objective 0015
How this list was compiled: Our own questions, written to the test objectives of MTEL Reading Specialist, field 62, as the test information guide prints them on the Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure website (https://www.mtel.nesinc.com/Content/StudyGuide/MA_SG_OBJ_62.htm and https://www.mtel.nesinc.com/TestView.aspx?f=HTML_FRAG/MA062_TestPage.html, read 2026-10-12): 100 multiple-choice questions and 2 open-response items in 4 hours; four multiple-choice subareas, each 20% of the score (I Foundational Literacy Development, objectives 0001 to 0004; II Literacy Components and Instructional Resources, 0005 to 0008; III Literacy Assessment and Evaluation, 0009 to 0012; IV Theoretical, Professional, and Language Foundations, 0013 to 0016), and the open-response subarea, 20%. The guide prints no count of questions for each subarea. This bank holds 10 questions for each of the four. Every fact was read on 2026-10-12 in the public page named under its question: the Massachusetts Curriculum Framework for English Language Arts and Literacy (2017), the Mass Literacy Guide, the Massachusetts Dyslexia Guidelines and the Massachusetts MTSS Blueprint, all of the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, and nine Wikipedia articles. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site.
How it works
This Reading Specialist MTEL practice test asks 40 questions of our own, from print concepts to coaching adults. It is unofficial and not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education or Pearson.
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Four subareas, 20% each
The test objectives give foundational literacy development, literacy components and instructional resources, literacy assessment and evaluation, and theoretical, professional and language foundations 20% of the score each. This bank holds 10 questions for each.
Massachusetts sources first
Most answers come from the state's own documents: the English language arts framework, the Mass Literacy Guide, the Massachusetts Dyslexia Guidelines and the MTSS Blueprint, each linked under its question.
Timed like the real section
With online proctoring the 100 multiple-choice questions get 2 hours 15 minutes; exam mode asks 40 questions in 54 minutes, the same pace.
The current MTSS Blueprint names five implementation drivers; the objectives still list leadership, competency and implementation drivers. Know both wordings.
The two open-response items analyze a student's assessment results in writing, so they are not practiced here.
Questions and answers
Is there an MTEL Reading Specialist practice test from the state?
The MTEL site lists a practice test for Reading Specialist among its preparation materials, with sample questions, a scoring rubric and a study outline chart. The 40 questions on this page are separate and were written for this site.
How many questions are on the Reading Specialist MTEL?
The MTEL site lists 100 multiple-choice questions and 2 open-response assignments in 4 hours of testing time. The guide for field 62 gives each subarea a share of the score but prints no count of questions for each.
What is the passing score for the Reading Specialist MTEL?
240, which the MTEL site calls the qualifying score. The four multiple-choice subareas bring 80% of the score and the two open-response items 10% each. This page reports the number right, with no verdict.
What does the MTEL Reading Specialist (62) test cover?
Sixteen multiple-choice objectives: print concepts, phonological awareness, phonics and fluency; texts, writing, comprehension, vocabulary and disciplinary literacy; multilingual learners, dyslexia, kinds of assessment and tiered support; and reading research, the components of language and coaching adults.