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WorksheetsFTCE Exceptional Student Education K-12
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 3hrs 20mins
What was the first major federal law guaranteeing all children aged 5-21 the right to a public education?
IDEA
EHA
FAPE
LRE
According to the law's procedural safeguards, who can request a due process hearing regarding the identification, evaluation, placement, or provision of education to a child with a disability?
The Child's Parents
The parents or the school
The parents' attorney
All of the above
Relative to public schools, the basic legal and ethical principles on which both FERPA and the student record Privacy Rule of HIPAA were founded....
Are completely unrelated
Overlap in some areas
Are the same principles
Differ in important ways
In the IEP process, which of the following takes place first?
Referral
Eligibility
Identification
Development
During which step of the IEP process are classroom accommodations and modifications tested for effectiveness?
Identification
Pre-referral
Eligibility
Review
Under current IDEA regulations, which of the following can determine that a child has a disability?
Lack of appropriate instruction in reading
Lack of appropriate teaching in mathematics
Lack of proficiency in the English language
None of the above
The most recent amendments to the IDEA include which provision regarding the identification of specific learning disabilities?
Requiring a severer discrepancy between competence and performance is prohibited
Identifying a severe discrepancy between competence and performance is mandatory
Establishing that a student's competence and performance are comparable is required
These amendments do not address comparison between competence and performance
Compared to a child with normal development, a child with spina bifida would be most likely to demonstrate deficits in..
Intellectual development
Language development
Motor development
Social development
Among the following, a child with which type of disability is likely to be best at focusing attention on one thing for a long time?
Down syndrome
Developmental delay
Attention deficit disorder
Autism spectrum disorder
Which of the following are children born with rubella NOT more likely to have?
Deafness
Paralysis
Blindness
Cataracts
A major review of an exceptional student's IEP is required....
Once every year
Once every three years
In one or three years by state
In varying periods by each state
The school psychologist is explaining assessment results to Clifford's parents and other IEP team members. She says that Clifford has difficulties with planning, organizing, keeping track of time, relating a current lesson to earlier learning, and that he talks out of turn in class. These all relate most to deficits in.....
Executive function
Self-regulation
Sequencing
Memory
In an IEP meeting, who is the best choice to interpret a student's evaluation results?
Whoever can best explain the educational implications of those results
The student's special education teacher on the IEP team
The school psychologist who may or may not be an IEP team member
Another professional who is not a part of the student's IEP team
Which of the following models used in planning instruction for students with disabilities is described as an example of "student-directed planning"?
The model and process of Group Action Planning (GAP)
The Choosing Options and Accommodations for Children (COACH) model
The model and process of Making Action Plans (MAPs)
The Planning Alternative Tomorrows with Hope (PATH) model
Which of the following is an independent federal agency that makes recommendations to both the President and Congress regarding issues related to disabilities?
Federation of Children with Special Needs (FCSN)
Center of Persoanl Assistance Services (CPAS)
National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)
The National Council on Disability (NCD)
What is the primary purpose of universal newborn hearing screenings?
Educational planning
Disability diagnosis
Early identification
IDEA eligibility
The type of assessment most often used to evaluate the effectiveness of instruction is a(n)...
Authentic assessment
Ongoing assessment
Formative assessment
Summative assessment
In conducting assessments appropriate to the needs of students with disabilities, what is NOT a provision of the 2004 IDEA reauthorization?
A number of different assessment instruments and methods should be used
Assessment information should be used to determine if a child has disability
Altering test language compromises test validity and thus should be avoided
Physical, developmental, cognitive and behavioral factors should be assessed
Which of the following is most congruent with general ethical principles regarding assessment information?
Informally disclosing student test results to member of school faculty or staff
Breaking confidentiality in cases of obvious dnager to an individual or to society
Making formal reports of students' assessment result before parent consent
Assessing culturally diverse students regardless of lack of cultural competence
Comparing a student's performance on a test to a national average for age/grade level is a(n)...
Norm-referenced test
Criterion-referenced test
Performance-based test
Ipsative measure/test
Which of the following is true regarding these forms of assessment?
Criterion-referenced tests tend to promote competition among students
Norm-referenced tests are good for assessing instructional effectiveness
Criterion-referenced tests foster cooperation and are oriented to success
Norm-referenced tests can be used to aid in individual student diagnoses
Jim has mild cognitive impairment. On annual standardized tests, his scores averaged 20 percent below national averages this year and 35 percent below last year. He scored 90 percent correct on his performance-based assessments. He has met or exceeded his IEP goals to increase his criterion-referenced classroom test scores by an average of 10 percent over last year. Based on this information, which of the following is correct?
Jim's instruction is effective because he is demonstrating progress and meeting goals
Jim's instruction is not effective enough because he scored well below national norms
Jim's instruction is effective within the school, but needs work for standardized tests
Jim's instruction may or may not be effective; more information is needed to decide
What kind of assessment instrument is most likely to show a normal distribution?
A criterion-referenced measure
A norm-referenced insturment
A performance-based measure
A portfolio assessment measure
For portfolio assessments, when a teacher evaluates a young student's portfolio, which type of evaluation typically produces several scores?
Narrative evaluation
General impression scoring
Focused holistic scoring
Analytical scoring
Keith has a behavior disorder and expressive language deficits. His teacher wants to evaluate his progress toward his IEP goals for behavior. Which of the following would be the most appropriate method?
Norm-referenced testing
The teacher interviews Keith
Observational assessment
Curriculum-based testing
In 2005, how likely was it for African-American and Native American students to receive special education services under the IDEA as it was for students from all other racial/ethnic groups combined?
Half as likely
Twice as likely
3.2 times as likely
1.5 times as likely
The most recent government data shows specific learning disabilities as the largest disability category of students aged 6-21 receiving special education services under the IDEA. Which of the following ranks the next four largest categories in order from most to least?
Speech-language impairments, other health impairments, intellectual disabilities, emotional disturbance
Other health impairments, emotional disturbance, intellectual disabilities, speech-language impairments
Intellectual disabilities, speech-language impairments, emotional disturbance, other health impairments
Emotional disturbance, intellectual disabilities, other health impairments, speech-language impairments
When African-American elementary school students in low-income urban backgrounds were given standardized IQ test, one question asked them to match the word "cup" with one of multiple choices like "saucer," "table," "chair," etc, with "saucer" deemed the correct choice. A large proportion of these children chose "table." This choice is best attributed to...
Cultural and intellectual deprivation at home
Group socioeconomic and cultural differences
Lack of appropriate instruction caused by biases
Lack of understanding from language differences
For students with IEP goals to improve auditory comprehension, which of the following is the best assessment method to monitor their progress?
Retelling a story they heard
Informal reading inventory
Curriculum-based testing
Periodic fluency checking
In scientifically based research, if data are found to be valid, this means that...
The measurements can be repeated with consistent results
Everybody in the research community agrees the data are right
The measurements measure what they purport to measure
The measurements are for answering significant questions
The term reliability in scientifically based research means that a measurement....
Measures or tests what it is meant to measure or test
Can be replicated many times with consistent findings
Is trustworthy by being based on a body of prior study
Has been proven by being used before for many years
Which of the following statements is correct regarding features of scientifically based research?
Its main features differ among fields like education, medicine, psychology, etc.
It is used to address whatever question(s) most interest individual researchers
Reputable journals do not find peer review to be prerequisite for publication
The researchers must consider potential alternate reasons for their conclusions
What strategy listed here is most designed to promote generalization of learning?
Having a student practice a new skill in a variety of different settings/contexts
Having a student practice a new skill regularly and periodically testing that skill
Having a student practice a complex skill one step at a time, then adding steps
Having a student practice a new skill in class before applying it in real-life tasks
Which of the following is true regarding alternate curriculum programs?
These programs are the first choice for students identified with disabilities
A student's eligibility for these programs is determined by his/her IEP team
They are preferable to general curricula with accommodations/modifications
Students are still assigned to general education classrooms in these programs
General education teachers are specialists in curriculum content. What are special education teachers' specialists in?
Assessment
Adaptations
A and B
None of the above
Which of the following does Vygotsky's term "scaffolding" refer to?
A structural framework that a teacher creates for a lesson
Support that is always present for a child with special needs
An organizational structure that guides social interactions
Support that is gradually withdrawn as independence grows
Albert Bandura's research found that observation of modeling...
Can never produce results like hands-on learning
Will work in real life but not from viewing video
Can have an impact equal to firsthand experience
Improves skill learning but doesn't affect behavior
Which of the following is correct about classroom modifications for students with disabilities?
Teachers rarely make incidental adaptations to address immediate problems
Comprehensive plans for students with disabilities should include adaptations
Classroom modifications made on the spot are unnecessary and inappropriate
Teachers' intentional, planned adaptions are unlikely to meet student needs
Which of the following is most accurate regarding textbooks that elementary school teachers use when teaching culturally diverse students?
Textbooks introduce many new concepts in a short time for such students
Teacher editions commonly offer tips for meeting diverse students' needs
The reading levels of most textbooks are appropriate for diverse students
Most textbooks eliminate the need for much differentiation of instruction
In teaching basic mathematics, the following actions by teachers will benefit all students with special needs in a general education classroom?
Carefully planning the coverage and order of instructional math content
Judicious selection and application of the specific instructional strategies
Designing practice activities that take student special needs into account
Giving intensive, direct instruction in mathematics to individual students
TeacherVision (a part of Family Education Network), partnering with the Council for Exceptional Children, provides a Planning Pyramid to help teachers plan lessons for special needs and diverse students. Which of the following is true about the purposes of this tool?
It keeps teachers from having unrealistic expectations of such students
It enables educators to place such students in appropriate school tracks
It permits all of the students to have equal access to all of the information
It provides a way to dictate the sequence in which all students will learn
Which of the following is the most efficient and effective method for teaching word recognition to a class with a variety of student levels and needs?
Individual direct instructions
Multilevel teaching practices
Teaching to the class median
Smaller groups at each level
Which of the following is most accurate regarding grouping strategies for teaching disabled and diverse students using multilevel instructional techniques?
These are best taught to the whole class
Small groups are the optimal arrangement
Multilevel instruction is best used in pairs
A range of grouping strategies can be used
Which of the following statements is most true about adaptations teachers may need to use in testing, teaching, and materials to address the needs of individual students?
Some students use communication modes unfamiliar to the teacher
Differentiation of instruction is unnecessary between boys and girls
Teachers are unlikely to encounter age differences in the same class
Students speaking other languages must quickly adapt to using English
Which of the following is most accurate about what teachers need to consider in planning lessons in reading and math for both special needs students and the class as a whole?
They already know which skill or concept they want to teach
They assume students have prerequisites for a skill/concept
They must determine what mastery of a skill/concept requires
They are premature in thinking how to expand/apply learning
Mr. Stewart's students show good reading comprehension of any given paragraph in any chapter of their textbook, but they have trouble organizing, recalling, or applying the main points of a chapter. Which of the following is the simplest, most direct and efficient way to help?
Point out and explain the text's informational structure and features
Create separate handouts with simplified organization of main points
Identify, select procure, duplicate, and distribute graphic organizers
Create and deliver a Power Point presentation for each text chapter
Which of the following is the most accurate statement about teaching across the curriculum?
This is a method of planning a lesson so general that it can apply to any content area
Career planning for students is better addressed by other, more specific methods
Application of school subjects to life is best served by different methods than this
A single lesson plan includes math, English, reading, social studies, art, science, etc.
Which of the following is the most correct statement about manipulative for teaching math in grades K-12?
They are only efficacious when they are actual physical objects
They help make an abstract subject more concrete for learners
They are not yet available virtually on PC and so would not work
They actively engaged student's less than traditional math classes
Educational researchers have identified three main criteria for choosing instructional media. Which of the following is NOT one of these?
Instructor facilitation
Practicality of the media
Student appropriateness
Instructional appropriateness
A number of researchers identify constraints upon selection of instructional media. Which of the following choices is NOT an identified constraint that can hinder choosing media?
Production factors
Instructor facilitation
Availability of materials
Student appropriateness
Which of the following instructional media will meet all of a teacher's criteria for a specific lesson by showing motion, reproducing sounds, and allowing student interaction?
Chalkboard or easel
Computer software
Textbook/handouts
overhead projector
When assessing student behavior, which data collection method gathers information about outcomes of behavior rather than the behavior itself?
Behavioral checklists
Behavioral interview
Permanent products
Observational data
Which of the following methods of collecting observational data of student behavior is most indicated for a behavior which seems to occur constantly?
Event recording
Duration recording
Latency recording
Interval recording
Which type of graph is used most often for showing a set of collected data?
A bar graph
A basic line graph
A ratio graph
A cumulative graph
The purpose of a functional behavior assessment is to determine...
Why a behavior occurs
What the behavior is
When a behavior occurs
How a behavior occurs
In conducting a functional behavior assessment of a student's problem behavior, what is an example of direct assessment?
Interviewing the student who exhibits the problem behavior
Interviewing the teacher of the student with the behavior
Observation and recording of the behavior and conditions
Giving behavioral scales, checklists, and/or questionnaires
When a student engages in a problem behavior, assessment can show its relation to a deficit. Which of the following is most related to student motivation?
Skill deficit
Performance deficit
A or B
None of the above
Positive behavioral interventions are most likely to...
Control the problem behavior
Suppress the problem behavior
Replace the problem behavior
Analyze the problem behavior
The ABC approach to behavior analysis stands for...
Alphabetical classifying
Analysis Brings Change
Appropriate Behavioral Choices
Antecedent-Behavior-Consequence
Teachers who incorporate positive behavioral supports and interventions (PBSI) into their daily instruction find it very effective for teaching replacement behaviors. What is name of the technique they are practicing?
Curricular integration
Curricular modification
Curricular sequencing
Curricular practical training
In normal receptive language development, at what age do babies recognize the sound of your voice?
3-6 months
2-4 months
0-3 months
Upon birth
Between four and six months of age, what is a typical expressive language characteristic of normally developing babies?
Babbling and vocal play
Differentiation of cries
Smiling, cooing, and gooing
Saying their first words
The component of language structure that involves the production and reception of speech sounds is called...
Morphology
Phonology
Semantics
Syntax
Misplaced modifiers, dangling participles, and lack of subject-verb agreement in a student's writing all pertain to errors of...
Phonology
Morphology
Semantics
Syntax
A student who has difficulty understanding spoken language has a deficit in...
Expressive communication
Receptive communication
Verbal communication
Social communication
Which assistive technology is most appropriate for a student with a voice disorder that interferes with audible speech production?
Speech-to-text computer software
Text-to-speech computer software
Voice recognition computer software
Voice synthesizer computer software
For a student with intellectual disabilities and cerebral palsy, including symptoms of spastic quadriplegia and hand contractures, which alternative communication system is most appropriate?
An electronic talking book
A notebook of communication symbols
A communication board and adapted pointer
A computer equipped with adaptive keyboard
In core activities to teach phonological awareness, what would typically be introduced the earliest?
Phoneme blending
Phoneme segmenting
Phoneme identification
Phoneme substitution
Phonemic drills are most appropriate for remediating which of the following?
Voice disorders
Phoneme segmenting
Phoneme identification
Phoneme substitution
Which of the following is true about reading?
Students can best learn to read through reading to learn
Students can learn to read and read to learn concurrently
Students cannot read to learn until after learning to read
Students in early grades will not read unless it is to learn
Which of the following reading activities features shared reading?
Readers' theaters
Book clubs
Literature circles
Literature focus groups
What statement is true regarding literacy?
The same literacy skills in students apply across subjects
The literacy demands of society have changed over time
Literacy required of pupils stays constant across grades
Literacy is best taught in the schools in a separate lesson
Of the following, which is most typical of students with reading disorders?
Their comprehension is poor whether reading silently or aloud
They often read rapidly but with poor comprehension
They read every word but do not understand all of them
They do not necessarily have problems with spelling
Which of these is true about frequent signs of reading problems?
Decoding problems with sentences/paragraphs rather than with syllables/word
To recognize many vocabulary words is less of a problem than to decode words
The ability to identify vocabulary words on sight in reading text is usually limited
Difficulty understanding rhymes or the order of sounds is less common issue
Which of the following is correct about findings related to reading disabilities in children?
Children with reading disabilities usually have normal speech-language development
Children with reading disabilities and those with writing problems are in separate groups
Children with reading disabilities and those with math problems are in separate groups
Children with reading disabilities are found to have difficulties with finger recognition
Of the following, which statement is accurate regarding early activities with children to promote print awareness?
Upper case letters, lower case letters, and sound should be taught in combination
Using mnemonics that incorporates letters into pictures is effective for print awareness
When teaching children upper and lower case letters, teach upper case letters first
When teaching children, multiple sensory modes should be avoided as distractions
When advertising and other media use the word "LOOK!" with the two O's depicted as eyes, this association mimics which of Ehri's (1995) phases of sight word recognition?
Partial alphabetic
Pre-alphabetic
Full alphabetic
Consolidated
When students can recognize letter combinations, such as /str/ or /ough/, that are found in the spelling of many words as patterns, they have reached which of Ehri's (1995) phases of sight word recognition?
Consolidated alphabetic
Partial alphabetic
Pre-alphabetic
Full alphabetic
In which of Ehri's (1995) phases of sight word recognition do students find it easy to differentiate among similarly spelled words like "mat," "mart," and "mate"?
Pre-alphabetic phase
Partial alphabetic
Consolidated alphabetic
Full alphabetic
Which of the following statements is correct about recognition of letter combinations that occur across many words?
This ability interferes with automaticity of word recognition
This ability undermines accurate word recgnition in reading
This ability decreases the demand on the reader's memory
This ability is a separate development from reading fluency
What statement is accurate regarding research findings about methods fro teaching reading fluency?
Assisted reading approaches have been found highly effective for fluency
Repeated reading and assisted reading approaches are mutually exlusive
Assisted reading methods work equally well one-on-one and in regular classrooms
Reading while listening is more efficient but unrelated to assisted reading
Which of the following characteristics of proficient readers most relies on meta-cognition?
Knowledge of correspondence between symbols and sounds
An understanding of the syntactic structures in reading matter
The ability to self-monitor to develop reading comprehension
Being knowledgeable about semantic associations in print text
What is a true finding about the qualities of students who read well?
They tend to focus on one central strategy for reading comprehension
Hypotheses, ideas synthesis, and conclusions are parts of their reading
Because they love to read, they do not need a reason for reading texts
They are not slowed down by having to reread previous sections of text
The following teaching strategies all promote reading proficiency. Which one is more related to practice than to motivation?
Providing choices in the reading materials for students
Finding ways to make reading meaningful to students
Finding ways to make reading fun for students
Providing the students with many opportunities to read
Ms. Ross introduces new vocabulary words to her class daily. She then assigns reading that includes these words, uses those words in her speech as she presents lessons, and points them out when they appear in other contexts. Which instructional method does this represent?
Appropriate word choice
Teaching of word analysis
Using contextual analysis
Multiple word exposures
Mr. Law wants to facilitate his high school students' ability to expand their vocabulary. He seizes the opportunity when a student comes in perplexed at having seen the word "antidisestablishmentarianism." He asks the class, "What parts of this word have you seen before in other words?" One student volunteers that he recognizes "anti-" from "antibiotic;" another says "Anti-Trust Law." A third student then identifies "dis-" from "disability" and a fourth says "dislike." Most of the class then sees the next parts as"establish" or "establishment." He then asks them if they have seen other words ending in "-ary" and, following their responses, "-ism." What technique is Mr. Law using?
Multiple exposures to a word
Choosing appropriate words
Making a contextual analysis
Teaching them word analysis
In facilitating reading comprehension and critical thinking in students with disabilities, which of the following strategies is best for visualizing concepts?
Teaching summarization
Using graphic organizers
Using multiple strategies
Teaching story structure
Which of the following is not an example of a graphic organizer?
Visual imagery
Venn diagram
Concept maps
Flow chart
A teacher explicates a poet's use of symbolism and metaphor in a short poem to a high school class, showing how he uses an animal to represent an idea ("The Thought-Fox" by Ted Hughes). She is pleasantly shocked when a student who had seemed thoroughly unimpressed with her poetry unit suddenly expresses appreciation by saying, "So this is really good." When she asks him to elaborate, he responds, "It's really good because you can relate it to something that's real in your life." Which teaching strategy that enhances reading proficiency is most related to this outcome?
Making reading material meaningful to the student
Making the activity of reading fun for the students
Making reading include choices made by a student
Making ample opportunities for students to read
A student with disabilities does not demonstrate certain adaptive life skills such as cleaning up a work area at school, but his parents report that he has done so at home fore years. An ecological assessment finds he does not demonstrate these skills in any other settings. Which instructional procedure is most appropriate for this student?
Re-teaching him these skills
Teaching skill generalization
Teaching skill maintenance
Teaching skill discrimination
Which of the following is true about self-determination and self-advocacy for students with disabilities?
Federal legislation for disabilities does not specifically address self-determination
Students with disabilities develop these skills like other students but at older ages
Some special education programs for self-advocacy use student-directed curricula
Student-led IEP conferences do not benefit the self-advocacy of disabled students
What is correct regarding skills that students with disabilities need to engage in self-determination and self-advocacy?
Self-awareness supports social skills rather than self-determination
Managing one's own transition plans is a minor part of self-advocacy
To take part in training programs, students must be able to set goals
Self-advocacy programs train for self-monitoring and self-evaluation
Which of the following is true about explicit self-advocacy instruction for students with learning disabilities, emotional or behavior disorders, and other high-incidence disabilities?
Learning the skills taught is more important than understanding their value
Opportunities to practice skills rather than to observe them are paramount
In this instruction, students need to be given immediate progress feedback
Skills are generalized to real setting through doing, not through instruction
The stage of career development wherein students can develop self-confidence and a sense of self-worth is known as...
Career exploration
Career orientation
Career prparation
Career placement
Introducing each of the stages of career development for students with disabilities should be determined most by which of the following?
The student's developmental level
The student's grade level in school
The student's level of experience
The student's chronological age
Which of the following is most accurate about exceptional students who are gifted?
They typically have advanced social skills
Their academic performance is superior
Their IQ scores indicate their giftedness
They are often found socially immature
During which stage of career development should students be given opportunities for a variety of occupationally related hands-on experiences?
Career awarness
Career exploration
Career preparation
Career placement
Representatives from outside agencies attending a high school student's IEP meeting to assist with transition planning include someone from the transportation agency and an assistive technology expert. To which domain of transition planning are these representatives most related?
Personal and social
Employment / career
Community living
Leisure / recreation
When does current federal legislation (IDEA 2004) require transition planning for students with disabilities to begin?
At age 18
At age 22
At age 14
At age 16
Of the following resources that support students with disabilities in transitions from school to work, which are designed to connect schools with community agencies/services?
WorkAbility program and / or TPPs
Regional Occupational Programs
State Conservation Corps
The Job Corps
