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

by James Zarrillo

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.

155 pages, Paperback

First published May 2, 2004

Reviews

[Sue · Rating 5 out of 5]

I passed the RICA on the first try after reading this book. Highly recommended if you are required to take the RICA.

[Kate · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am still waiting on my grade from the RICA, but really, this book is a great test guide (if I did not pass the test, it's my own fault)!

It's easy-to-read and understand, gives you lots of examples... the only reason I don't give it 5 stars is because 5-star reviews are for books like, "Middlemarch" :).

[Tracy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had to read this for my class. This book had great information about teaching reading and was very easy to read.