Para Test Review Chapters 1-3

What is a paraprofessional? (page 4)

• Someone who babysits children

• A person who wants to be a licensed teacher.

• Someone who works alongside a professional

• None of the above.

When you have concerns about whether the students assigned to you are learning, your first resource is ___.

• Your supervising teacher

• The school principal

• The internet

• None of the above

All children can learn, even those who have very limited disabilities.

• True

• False

The Elementary and Secondary Act (ESEA) was formerly named ________________, specifies that "paraprofessionals may not provide instructional support services except under the direct supervision of a teacher (U.S.DOE, 2002), and the ______________only allows paraprofessionals who are appropriately supervised to assist with special education and related services.

• Every Student Succeeds Act/ Title IV

• Disablity Discrimination/FERPA

• No Child Left Behind/IDEA

• None of the above

By law, paraprofessionals are required to be supervised by a certified teacher.

• True

• False

Some paraprofessionals actually serve as supervisors to other paraprofessionals.

• True

• False

Under the federal law, who holds the ultimate responsibility for everything that happens in the classroom?

• Principal

• Teacher

• Paraprofessional

• None of the above

Your role as a paraprofessional is to support the instructional process, even if you are not directly involved in providing instruction to students.

• True

• False

Most paraprofessionals who provide educational instruction work the twelve-month school year.

• True

• False

Nearly __percent of paraprofessionals work less than eight hours per day. (page 6)

• 40

• 30

• 60

• 10