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Worksheets431/531 Midterm Practice
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
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Class
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1.
Which best describes procedural safeguards?
a)
Schools use nonbiased assessments and various assessment methods to determine whether a child has a disability.
b)
Children with disabilities are educated in the least restrictive environment possible.
c)
Children with disabilities and their families have legal protections and rights.
d)
Schools must have policies to identify and assess children with or at risk of having a disability.
2.
What is a primary difference between an individualized family service plan (IFSP) and an individualized education plan (IEP)?
a)
An IEP has a statement about how progress will be measured.
b)
An IFSP serves children ages 0–2.
c)
An IEP includes a description of transition services.
d)
An IFSP discusses related services.
3.
Students who receive services under Section 504 ______.
a)
also have an IEP or IFSP
b)
must have a medically diagnosed disability
c)
also have an agreed upon service plan
4.
According to IDEA (2004), who may initiate the request for an initial evaluation to determine the presence of a disability?
a)
only administrators
b)
special education teachers or parents
c)
school psychologists
d)
parents, school district members (including teachers), or public agencies
5.
Which federal mandate states assessment of culturally and linguistically diverse students should occur in their dominant language?
a)
ELLA (English Language Learner’s Act)
b)
IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)
c)
ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act)
d)
ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act)
6.
For an evaluation to be considered ethical, more than one test examiner should participate because this reduces the chance of ______.
a)
error
b)
test anxiety
c)
behavioral issues
d)
examiner bias
7.
How can assessment be used to help guide the special education process other than determining eligibility? (select all that apply)
a)
-it can help identify the areas of strength and need for the student
b)
-it can be used to identify possible interventions that should be used
c)
-it can provide a baseline of the student’s performance to monitor growth
d)
-it can be used as a replacement of state/district testing requirements
8.
True or False - You can determine eligibility from a single assessment
a)
True
b)
False
9.
Which demographics do norm-referenced assessments allow for comparison?
a)
culture and language
b)
age and grade
c)
disability category
d)
male and female
10.
In order to calculate a student's exact chronological age, what will an evaluator need to do?
a)
Subtract the student's birthday from the evaluation date
b)
Subtract today's date from the student's birthday
c)
Round up a student's year and month
d)
Use an age calculator
11.
"Administration of the test will stop when they answer three out of five questions incorrectly" is an example of a ______.
a)
blocked point
b)
ceiling rule
c)
basal rule
d)
common starting point
12.
A basal refers to...
a)
The assessment rules evaluators follow
b)
The minimum correct answers required to establish a reliable start
c)
The common ending points per grades
d)
The weighted raw score
13.
Which of the following is :
"A formal or informal assessment that provides the examiner an opportunity to learn about the student from another's perspective."
a)
Performance-based Assessment
b)
Interview/Survey
c)
Norm-referenced Assessment
d)
Standard Score
14.
Which of the following is:
A method of assessing students involving watching a student in his or her environment while recording behaviors exhibited.
a)
Range
b)
Performance-based Assessment
c)
Anecdotal Observation
d)
Criterion-referenced Assessment
15.
Which of the following is:
A score that utilizes terminology in order to rate the student's performance
a)
Range
b)
Raw Score
c)
Anecdotal Observation
d)
Percentile
16.
Which of the following is:
Standardized, formal assessments that are designed to compare and rank test takers in relation to same age/grade-level peers.
a)
Range
b)
Norm-referenced Assessment
c)
Criterion-referenced Assessment
d)
Percentile
17.
Which of the following is:
Products or work samples that are created by a student to demonstrate his or her skills or knowledge.
a)
Norm-referenced Assessment
b)
Range
c)
Criterion-referenced Assessment
d)
Performance-based Assessment
18.
Which of the following is:
A score that identifies the percentage of similar peers that performed BELOW the student's score.
a)
Percentile
b)
Range
c)
Raw Score
d)
Norm-referenced Assessment
19.
Which of the following is:
Either formal or informal assessments that compare a student's performance to some pre-established criteria, standards, or objectives.
a)
Criterion-referenced Assessment
b)
Raw Score
c)
Norm-referenced Assessment
d)
Range
20.
Which of the following is:
The total number of points received on the assessment.
a)
Interview/Survey
b)
Raw Score
c)
Standard Score
d)
Range
21.
Which of the following is:
A converted score that represents the average score as 100, making it easier to identified standard deviations.
a)
Standard Score
b)
Interview/Survey
c)
Range
d)
Raw Score
22.
Which of the following assessments is used to measure an individual's general intelligence?
a)
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC)
b)
Oral and Written Language Scales (OWLS)
c)
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)
d)
Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language (CASL)
23.
True or False: Evaluating a student's language is not part of the comprehensive evaluation process.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
Which of the following are the 3 criteria used to determine whether a child is eligible for special education services? (Select 3)
a)
The student meets criteria for one of the 14 disability categories
b)
The student was assessed according to their dominant language
c)
The student needs assistive technology to be successful in school.
d)
The disability adversely affects the student's educational performance
e)
The student requires specially designed instruction to receive a free appropriate public education
25.
Being able to use words and verbal language to tell their classmates what they did this weekend is an example of a student using:
a)
Expressive Language
b)
Receptive Language
c)
Sytax
d)
Pragmatics
26.
What is the purpose of a Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA)?
a)
To create a plan identifying specific interventions that will be used to address problem behaviors
b)
To show progress-monitoring data related to a student's progress.
c)
to identify students with possible behavior problems
d)
to help identify specific problem behaviors as well as the reason(s) the student is engaging in the behaviors
27.
Which skill is
The ability to hear and process information that comes through listening
a)
Expressive Language
b)
Reading Comprehension
c)
Phonological Awareness
d)
Basic Reading/Emergent Literacy Skills
e)
Receptive Language
28.
Which skill is
The ability to produce sounds/words/sentences and explain their ideas & reasoning aloud
a)
Receptive Language
b)
Reading Comprehension
c)
Phonological Awareness
d)
Basic Reading/Emergent Literacy Skills
e)
Expressive lanugage
29.
Which skill is
Understanding of the sound structure of phonemes, syllables, words, and sentences.
a)
Math Problem Solving
b)
Reading Comprehension
c)
Phonological Awareness
d)
Basic Reading/Emergent Literacy Skills
e)
Sentence Syntax
30.
Which skill is
The basic skills necessary to prepare a student for learning reading and decoding skills.
a)
Math Problem Solving
b)
Reading Comprehension
c)
Phonological Awareness
d)
Basic Reading/Emergent Literacy Skills
e)
Sentence Syntax
31.
Which skill is
The combination of accuracy, speed, and prosody that come with reading a passage.
a)
Reading Fluency
b)
Reading Comprehension
c)
Phonological Awareness
d)
Basic Reading/Emergent Literacy Skills
e)
Expressive language
32.
Which skill is
The ability to understand what is read in the text
a)
Math Problem Solving
b)
Reading Comprehension
c)
Phonological Awareness
d)
Basic Reading/Emergent Literacy Skills
e)
Sentence Syntax
33.
Which skill is
The skills involved in writing with correct sentence form, function, and length.
a)
Math Problem Solving
b)
Reading Comprehension
c)
Phonological Awareness
d)
Basic Reading/Emergent Literacy Skills
e)
Sentence Syntax
34.
Which skill is
Math skills involved in being able to correctly solve numerical problems involving one or more of the four operations.
a)
Math Problem Solving
b)
Reading Comprehension
c)
Math Computation
d)
Basic Reading/Emergent Literacy Skills
e)
Sentence Syntax
35.
Which skill is
Math skills involved in being able to understand how to apply math to real world situations including word problems.
a)
Math Problem Solving
b)
Reading Comprehension
c)
Math Computation
d)
Basic Reading/Emergent Literacy Skills
e)
Sentence Syntax
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