This book offers prospective teachers all of the information they need in order to pass the written version of California's Reading Instruction Competence Assessment (RICA) examination. This book offers a comprehensive review of all thirteen of the content areas that the RICA tests along with a sample test, with answers for practice. The introduction includes an overview of the test, plus tips and clues for pre-test study, pointers for how to structure essay answers, hints for how to “think like the test preparers,” and more. For prospective educators working to pass California's Reading Instruction Competence Assessment (RICA) examination.
Written for credential candidates who have taken or are taking reading methods courses, Ready for RICA will prepare candidates to take and to pass the written examination format of the Reading Instruction Competence Assessment (RICA). Introduction to the test and test-taking strategies; streamlined, offering the essential information candidates should know before they take the test; a chapter for each Content Area exposes readers to the 13 content areas they are required to know; a sample test, included at the end of the book, with answers, shows readers the type of questions they will be asked and provides examples of good responses. For credential candidates for the Multiple Subject Credential Program in California.