Ohio Assessments for Educators (OAE) Foundations of Reading Practice Exam

Which of the following is a skill assessed by the Concepts About Print (CAP) assessment?

1. Critical thinking

2. Creative writing

3. Book handling

4. Mathematical reasoning

The correct answer is: Book handling

The Concepts About Print (CAP) assessment is specifically designed to evaluate a child's understanding of the basic concepts of how print works. This includes skills such as recognizing the front and back of a book, understanding the orientation of print, and knowing how to handle books properly, which are all part of book handling skills. This ability lays the foundation for reading development, as it familiarizes students with print conventions before they begin more complex literacy tasks. On the other hand, critical thinking, creative writing, and mathematical reasoning are different types of skills that fall outside the scope of the CAP assessment. While those skills are important in their own contexts—critical thinking being essential for analyzing text, creative writing for generating original ideas, and mathematical reasoning for solving numerical problems—they do not pertain to the fundamental understanding of print concepts that the CAP assessment aims to measure.