Ready for Revised RICA: A Test Preparation Guide for California's Reading Instruction Competence Assessment

by James Zarrillo

An inexpensive, paperbound, hands-on guide to taking the written version of the revised California Reading Instruction Competence Assessment (RICA), this resource is a “must have” guide for teacher candidates. In it is everything needed for candidates to pass the test, including complete coverage of the 15 competencies covered in the test, a study guide with key points to remember, an informative case study, and information for working with the practice test on the RICA Website. Ready for the Revised RICA, 3e is completely up to date with the revised RICA.

Genres: Education

192 pages, Paperback

First published March 16, 2010

Reviews

[Erika Sorocco · Rating 5 out of 5]

Highly recommend this book for anyone preparing for the RICA! This was my primary study source for the RICA, and I passed on my first try. The organization of this guide, combined with all of the helpful hints, really simplifies the process, and makes the test seem more understandable and less overwhelming. I'm not going to lie, the test is still a beast; but the breakdown provided here is fantastic, and a true confidence booster!

[Sandrea Smithers]

Its a very good book and prepared me for my test I am going to be taking.

[junia · Rating 4 out of 5]

It does what it's purposed to do -- help you cover all the bases before your RICA exam in CA.

What is the RICA? Oh, it's a test that all multiple-subject candidates in CA need to take to prove their competency in reading instruction.

It has a comprehensive, outlined overview of everything from linguistics to literacy theory to practice and such.

I passed the RICA easily with this guy's help. But it also probably helped that my master's was in Language and Literacy. (yet CA still needed me to cough up $80 and take this test anyway. boogers)

[Nora · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a helpful study guide with a lot of information that I found useful. There are no practice tests in the book, but there is one online that the author recommends. I took the RICA yesterday, so we'll see if this book got me through it.