Assessment(Questions & Answers)
Title III addresses English learners (ELs), including what other status of students? -
Answer Migrant children and youth
What is one function of the Home Language Survey for English language (EL)
students? - Answer Determines the potential need for a language assistance
program
An EL student was placed in a special education program. It was determined later
that this student was incorrectly placed in the program. What may be the reason for
this? - Answer The student was identified as having a learning disorder before being
assessed as a second language learner.
A special education team has determined that a student with a learning disability
learns best in a regular classroom for most of the day and in a special education
classroom for two hours a day. Which component of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA) is being addressed? - Answer Least Restrictive Environment
(LRE)
What is true about the nature of decisions regarding Individualized Education
Program (IEP) goals? - Answer Decisions can change to reflect the student's
progress relative to English learner (EL) program goals.
Who must give input in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
placement process? - Answer Parents
Which of the thirteen IDEA categories includes dyslexia? - Answer Specific Learning
Disabilities
A student performs well on mathematics tasks but often struggles with reading
assignments. Which inference can be made? - Answer The student may have a
learning disability.
What is one difference between an Individualized Education Program (IEP) and a
504 plan? - Answer An IEP is governed by the Department of Education and a 504
plan is governed by the U.S. Office of Civil Rights
A teacher observes disruptive behavior among a number of students in a classroom.
Which change can the teacher make to attempt to prevent disruptive behavior? -
Answer Reduce long delays between activities to hold students' attention
Which curriculum adjustment will help students who are bored in class? - Answer
Adjust assignments to include student interests
A teacher wants to create a test-taking routine for students.Which step should the
teacher take to create a routine for taking tests? - Answer Remind students to read
the directions before each test begins.
, WGU D169 Objective
Assessment(Questions & Answers)
A student is learning to speak English. She knows the meaning of about 1,000 words
and can speak some words. What is this stage of second language acquisition? -
Answer Early Production
A student's native language is English and the student is in the Preproduction stage
of learning to speak Spanish. What is an activity this student can complete? -
Answer Practice pronouncing words
A student is learning to speak English as a second language. This student can speak
simple sentences but still relies heavily on context clues. What is this stage of
second language acquisition? - Answer Speech Emergence
In the U.S., which ethnic group do the majority of second language learners
represent? - Answer Hispanic and Latino
What is a characteristic of English learners? - Answer They progress through
developmental stages of second language acquisition.
What is a characteristic of English learners? Pt.2 - Answer English learners learn
best in collaborative and cooperative classes where they can practice using
American Standard English.
What is a characteristic of students who are learning a second language? - Answer
Students who practice the second language in academic settings learn academic
language faster.
Who is responsible for creating assessments in a co-teaching classroom? - Answer
Both co-teachers
Which task must both co-teachers undertake in co-teaching every day? - Answer
Planning instruction
A teacher allows students to choose between taking an exam and completing a
project. Why is this an example of a teacher using the action and expression aspect
of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in the classroom? - Answer The action gives
students more than one way to interact with the material.
A teacher uses preassessments to determine where each student's instruction
should begin and then matches students with appropriate activities. Which
differentiation method is the teacher using? - Answer Content
A student's Individualized Education Program (IEP) says that she should sit near the
teacher, in the first or second row of desks. Which type of differentiation is
addressed in the IEP? - Answer Environment
A teacher uses reading materials at different readability levels.Which method of
differentiation is the teacher using? - Answer Content