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MTEL Vocational Technical Literacy Skills Test

The Vocational Technical Literacy Skills MTEL^® test has two subtests: reading and writing. There are six subareas in the Reading subtest: word meaning, main idea and detail, writer’s purpose, idea relationships, critical reasoning and graphs, tables, and charts. There are a total of 54 to 66 multiple choice questions based on 400 word passages. All answers are counted equally in the reading subtest. The Writing subtest has seven subareas: unity and focus, use of verbs and nouns, use of pronouns and modifiers, use of sentence structure and punctuation and, use of capitalization and spelling. There are 35 to 45 multiple choice questions that count 55 percent of the writing subtest. Some of these questions are tied to short passages. The two open-ended questions include a written summary on a given passage and a written composition on a particular topic for a specific audience and occasion. They count 45 percent of the writing subtest.

MTEL Vocational Technical Literacy Skills Test Practice Questions

1. What is the least effective way to help students add a new word to their active vocabulary?

1. Make it relevant to them.
2. They are required to memorize it.
3. Essential to understanding the material
4. Makes a connection to known information

2. Phonics is:

1. Non-Analytical
2. Old fashioned
3. Helps students sound out new words
4. Not used very much

3. Guided oral reading can be used with:

1. Any age at any grade level
2. English Language Learners
3. Groups and Individuals
4. All of the above

4. What are sentences?

1. The building blocks of writing
2. Difficult to write
3. Subject, verb and modifiers
4. None of the above

5. What is one way reading and writing are related?

1. Writers usually like to read.
2. Background knowledge is irrelevant.
3. Both are required subjects in school.
4. The alphabet is used in both

Answer Key | MTEL Vocational Technical Literacy Skills Test Breakdown