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FTCE ESE K-12 Practice Questions and Answers Latest Update 2023 Verified Answers (88 Questions)
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As a result of P.L. 94-142, what changes occurred in education for students with disabilities? - Correct Answer ✅Education is to be provided to all children (6-18) who meet age eligibility requirements. what important refinement in special education was a result of the individuals with disabilities education improvement act (IDEA 2004) - Correct Answer ✅Established that special education teachers become highly qualified if they teach core academic content to students with disabilities. Rule 6A-6.03011, Florida Administrative Code (FAC), stated that the term "mental retardation" be changed to - Correct Answer ✅Intellectual Disability The 2004 amendments to IDEA emphasize that more than 30 years of research indicate that the education of children with disabilities can be made more effective by - Correct Answer ✅Providing incentives for whole school approaches and pre-referral intervention to reduce the need to label children as disabled in order to address their learning needs P.L. 99-457 extended services provided to school-aged children with disabilities. Select the correct range of ages addressed by this law. - Correct Answer ✅3-5 years
Maria and her family came to the United States mainland from Puerto Rico last year. Maria speaks only Spanish and seems unable to learn English despite extended help from an ESL teacher. Maria is failing all subjects. The school psychologist administered an intelligence test in Spanish. Maria is performing in a mentally deficient range for her age level. Based on these findings, the IEP team is recommending that Maria receive special education services as a student with an intellectual disability. Did Maria receive a nondiscriminatory evaluation as required by IDEA? - Correct Answer ✅No, there was only one test administered Courtney is a student with an autism spectrum disorder. She does not speak. She types what she wants to say into a device that converts the text to speech. The device helps Courtney to express her desires and needs. This is an example of - Correct Answer ✅Assistive Technology According to federal law IDEA 2004, Part C, at what age is a child no longer eligible for the Early Step Program? - Correct Answer ✅16 Months
The amendment to the Federal Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 - Correct Answer ✅Created a new program to expand the number of postsecondary programs for students with intellectual disabilities Max was having difficulty in the second grade classroom. His teacher brought her concerns to the IEP team after conducting problem solving strategies in a multi-tiered system of supports. Mr. and Mrs. Jones gave written permission for an initial evaluation to occur. The IEP team now wishes to conduct an eligibility staffing to discuss Max's initial evaluation. Which of the following does NOT meet the requirement for informing parents that the IEP team is conducting an eligibility staffing? - Correct Answer ✅The team plans and implements the evaluation findings without informing the parents Requirements outlined in IDEA that give parents the rights to participate, receive notice, and give permission (consent) are known as - Correct Answer ✅Procedural Safeguards According to IDEA what term describes the right of students with a disability to special services that will meet their individual learning needs, at no cost to the parents? - Correct Answer ✅Free and appropriate public education
Michelle and her son have moved from a county in North Florida to a county in Central Florida. Michelle's son has been identified as developmentally delayed and is four years old. When Michelle enrolls her son in school in Central Florids what can she expect? - Correct Answer ✅Children who qualify for ESE services in one FL school district qualify for ESE services everywhere in FL A paraeducator is assigned to a gen. ed. classroom that includes several students with learning disabilities. Which if the following best describes a responsibility of the paraeducator in thus setting? - Correct Answer ✅Assisting the students with leaning disabilities during small-group instruction The professional who has the most detailed knowledge of the day-to-day needs of students with disabilities is the - Correct Answer ✅General Education Teacher A person who serves as an advisor and sometimes represents parents at meetings related to their children with disabilities is a(n) - Correct Answer ✅advocate
A key to success for students with disabilities is to make the learning visible. Select the most appropriate strategy that will help make content more understandable - Correct Answer ✅Graphic Organizers Select the statement that applies to instructional modification - Correct Answer ✅Content expectations are altered and the performance outcomes expected of students change The most meaningful information about student progress is determined by - Correct Answer ✅direct and frequent measures of student performance Select the statement that best describes curriculum information explained in an IEP - Correct Answer ✅Each area of functioning that is adversely affected by the student's disability must be represented by an annual goal on the IEP Signals for learning disabilities are characteristics od students with learning disabilities. Select the signal that would NOT apply to a student with a learning disability. - Correct Answer ✅Is learning English as a second language
Federal law (IDEA) requires that all students be included in statewide testing. An exception to this law includes - Correct Answer ✅A small number of students with significant cognitive disabilities take the Florida Standard Alternate Assessment High stakes tests are assessments designed to measure whether students have attained learning standards. These tests are a type of assessment referred to as - Correct Answer ✅Criterion-Referenced Select the test that summarizes student performance using grade equivelents and/or percentile - Correct Answer ✅Norm-Referenced Alternate assessments can be collected in the following ways EXCEPT by - Correct Answer ✅Norm-referenced test Addies a student with a reading disability, attained benchmark levels in reading fluency and comprehension for her grade level. she was integrated into general education for the entire reading block, and her progress was carefully monitored to ensure that her gains were maintained. this scenario
describes which decision-making area? - Correct Answer ✅Program Evaluation A frequent and ongoing measurement of student knowledge and skills and the examination of student data to evaluate instruction is - Correct Answer ✅Progress monitoring Choose the phrase that is NOT a consideration when assessing student progress, designing interventions and interpreting ELLs responses to interventions - Correct Answer ✅High responders Which is NOT a quality of a universally designed assessment? - Correct Answer ✅Frequent breaks during testing Bill comes from a single-parent home in the city. when he read a story on a standardized achievement test about an affluent two-parent family in the suburbs, he had difficulty predicting the outcome. This scenario exemplifies - Correct Answer ✅Cultural bias
Florida's adoption of the Florida Standards has led to the development of a new assessment system that aligns with the Florida Standard. This system is known as which of the following? - Correct Answer ✅Florida Standards Assessment One of the primary purposes of early intervention services is to - Correct Answer ✅Recommend interventions and document attempt for academic and/or behavior problems. During the evaluation plan when the type of testing is determined, it is decided that the referred student should have her fine motor skills assessed. The specialist who performs this type of assessment is the - Correct Answer ✅occupational therapist After the passage of a law, legal guidelines for implementing the law are written. These guidelines are called - Correct Answer ✅regulations Which if the follow sections is typically presented first in psychieducational reports? - Correct Answer ✅Identifying data
Marlon is not progressing as the teacher believes he should for his age expectancy. The teacher uses teacher-made tests, observation, and criterion- referenced tests to gather information about the student. What method is his teacher using to discover why the student is not making progress? - Correct Answer ✅Assessment Mr. Crown collects student products over the course of the year to demonstrate the progress his students make. Mr. Crown is utilizing what type of assessment? - Correct Answer ✅Portfolio Assessment Informal assessments that can be tailored for individual students, used to identify mastery of a skill, and/or used to determine a curriculum include - Correct Answer ✅Checklists, rating stakes, and observations Thomas was born with cerebral palsy and requires the use of a wheelchair. He is able to use a computer for word processing and completes all of his assignments using either a laptop of his computer at home. Thomas's most recent statewide assessment indicate that he is at or above the level expected in all academic areas. Thomas can be served with a(n) - Correct Answer ✅504 Plan with Accommodations
Tamika is in Mr. Hernandez's Algebra 1 class. she Is having difficulty solving basic equations with one unknown because she has yet to master basic math computational skills. What would be Mr. Hernandez's most effective strategy in helping Tamika - Correct Answer ✅Assess Tamika on the relevant preskills and, if necessary, teach these skills. Which is NOT a correct guideline when using manipulative? - Correct Answer ✅Teacher demonstration with manipulative as students observe Focusing in text structure helps students set up a framework to organize the information that students will be reading. One very effective way to focus on text structure is to use - Correct Answer ✅Graphic Organizers A text strategy used to compare and contrast characters, events, and/or settings is a - Correct Answer ✅Venn Diagram Which statement is NOT a step for explicitly pre-planning vocabulary words?
Mrs. Jones blocks out 20 minuets for word study every day. She models skills and strategies that children need to decipher unknown words, explains why it important to learn the skill or strategy, and guides students in their acquisition of the skill of strategy. What instructional method is she implementing - Correct Answer ✅Implicit instruction The Common Core State Standard which provided the foundation for the Florida Standards were built on international benchmark and enable our students - Correct Answer ✅To compete with peers on both national and international levels. Jane Saunders, a second-grader teacher, has a room filled with print that interests students and is readily available to them. She plans times when students can engage in recreational reading. She models by reading aloud to students daily. She is implementing effective reading instruction by - Correct Answer ✅Establishing an environment to promote reading. The process of focusing on predetermined goals or benchmarks that identify the content students should understand and the skills they should have after completing an area of study is best described as - Correct Answer ✅Standard-based education.
All of the following apply to evidence-based practice EXCEPT - Correct Answer ✅Practices based on personal experience, opinion, and preference Sarah exhibits social skills difficult in her first-grade classroom. She often displays defiant behavior toward other students and lashes out verbally of physically when she becomes frustrated. Her language skills are delayed for her age. She sees a speech-;language therapist twice a week in a small group for assistance with language and social skills. The type of support she receives from the speech-language therapist is considered. - Correct Answer ✅Specialized instruction One of the major obstacles in evaluation student progress is - Correct Answer ✅Not planning and organizing an evaluation system Which of the following refers to the use of a variety of grouping practice that change depending on the goals and objectives for the lesson? - Correct Answer ✅flexible grouping
Patrick is a first grader who stuggles with math. When he gets frustrated, he provokes other children in class by hitting and biting. before each in=class math assignment, the teacher calls. Patrick up to her desk to remind him of how well he did on the previous assignment and shows him a graph of his improved grades. She provides him with a modified assignment and then has him sit with a math buddy. Patrick's teacher reduces his undesired behavior by - Correct Answer ✅Manipulating antecedents Documents published by the state that typically include standards, learning activities, and expectations for students are best described as - Correct Answer ✅Curriculum guidelines Silvia frequently laughs out loud at inappropriate times during class discussion. She likes the reaction of her classmates and her teacher when they look at her and scold her to be quiet. Her teacher ignores these outbursts and also advises the students to ignore those who interrupt discussion. To eliminate Silvia's behavior, her teacher is using - Correct Answer ✅Extinction.
The Florida Standards, while focusing on the essential knowledge and skills for success in life, address which major issue in the U.S? - Correct Answer ✅Success of all students entering either college of career tracks Mr. Rhodes is a tenth-grade social studies teacher. His state requires that all tenth-grade students take a social studies achievement test at the end of the year. The scores of students at his school have been poor in the past and Mr. Rhodes is under pressure from the principal to raise the scores. He covers a large amount of material each day to prepare his students for this test and some of his struggling students are falling behind. What barrier to successful inclusion is Mr. Rhodes experiencing? - Correct Answer ✅Content versus accommodation If student assessment shows the co-teaching for a particular group of students is not effective, what is the next best course of action? - Correct Answer ✅Increase the intensity of instruction by decreasing the teacher- student ratio. (e.g., more small-group support) A tenth-grade student with intellectual disability attends the districts vocational training program. The student is initially placenta a wo[rkstation that measures the speed and accuracy of sorting and classifying skills. What
activity is this an example of? - Correct Answer ✅Performance-based assessment What level of text should be used for repeating reading? - Correct Answer ✅Instructional level What is the primary reason to use the internet for educational purposes? - Correct Answer ✅Students spend less time in the classroom completing coursework at their convenience Which commonality does NOT describe someone as having emotional disorders/behavioral disorders? - Correct Answer ✅behavior falls at the lower range of the norm A functional behavior assessment(FBA) - Correct Answer ✅Identifies and addresses the needs of students with emotional or behavioral disorders Assessment procedures are typically administered in a certain order. Identify the answer choice that lists these procedures in the correct order - Correct
Answer ✅General interviews, use of rating scales, problem identification/problem analysis interview, observation Making a positive phone call to a parent is an example of a(n) - Correct Answer ✅social reinforcer Services that are coordinated through school, home, and community setting are described as - Correct Answer ✅Wraparound procresses Which is NOT considered a step I n teaching cognitive behavior management strategies? - Correct Answer ✅Clearly specifying the expectations for the student Which would NOT be an effective strategy when working with students with emotional and behavioral disorders? - Correct Answer ✅Be stern and never laugh A manifestation determination is a review of - Correct Answer ✅the relationship between a student's disability and misconduct.
According to section 504 of the rehabilitation act of 1973 (Public Law 93- 112), which of the following is true? - Correct Answer ✅Students do not need to be enrolled in special education to receive related services. What laws require school-based teams to use positive behavior interventions and supports, and to move away from reliance on punishment when addressing problem behavior? - Correct Answer ✅IDEA 1997 and IDEA 2004 If Janas arrives to school with a weapon and is suspended, what is the length of time Jonas can be placed in an appropriate interim alternative education setting? - Correct Answer ✅45 days The behavioral criteria of an object should be based mainly on - Correct Answer ✅Baseline data During a momentary time sample, the observer records - Correct Answer ✅The behavior every time it occurs in a specific time period
A graph that displays the data over time by adding each day to previous ones called a - Correct Answer ✅Cumulative graph Functional behavioral assessment provides the information needed to increase the likelihood that an intervention will be successful. Which of the following best describes the functional assessment? - Correct Answer ✅The behavior of concern, where the behaviors can occur, consequences that maintain the behaviors, and data that support the hypotheses When discussing positive behavior support and functional behaviors assessment, teachers view the student in which of the following ways? - Correct Answer ✅In relationship to the factor the influence the behavior Which of the following behaviors warrant a behavior change program? - Correct Answer ✅lack of attention of tasks Carmen, a student in Mr. Tanaka's class, is constantly asking, "What time is it?" She does this about fifteen times a day. Mr. Tanaka considers this to be attention-getting behavior and wishes to eliminate it. He usually responds to Carmen's request by telling her the time. Using the example of Carmen
which of the interventions do you think will be the most effective? - Correct Answer ✅differential reinforcement Teaching for automaticity means - Correct Answer ✅giving enough practice so that students are able to read both accurately and fluently Instruction for children who have difficulties learning to read must be - Correct Answer ✅explicit, comprehensive, intensive, supportive When children use their knowledge of familiar and predictable letter patterns to speed ip the process of reading words, they are in the - Correct Answer ✅Consolidated-alphebetic phase choose the statement that is NOT a guideline for teaching phonemic awareness - Correct Answer ✅Teach phonemic awareness as a whole=class instruction. The understanding that individual spoken words can be broken down into individual syllables (wonderful: won-der-ful) is known as - Correct Answer ✅Phonological awareness
Which of the following is a strategy that revolves around vocabulary learning by providing a visual display of how words are related to other words - Correct Answer ✅a semantic map High-frequency words are taught as sight words early in children's reading instruction. Which strategy is NOT effective in teaching sight words? - Correct Answer ✅Repeated reading Which of the following techniques assists students when considering ways to get across the authors meaning using prosodic cues such as pitch, loudness, stress and pauses? - Correct Answer ✅Choral reading Contectual analysis is using surrounding content and student prior knowledge of syntax and content for increasing vocabulary acquisition