CSET Subtest IV - World Language
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200+
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VERIFIED ANSWERS
Question 1
Fourteen Amendment
Correct Answer
Established the constitutional basis for the educational rights of language minority students.
Question 2
Brown vs. Board of Education, 1954
Correct Answer
Ordered desegregation of schools. Established the principle of equal educational opportunity for all students.
Question 3
Mendez vs. Westminster (preceded Brown by 9 years)
Correct Answer
Ended segregation of Mexican and Mexican American students in Orange County.
Question 4
Title VI Civil Rights Act, 1964
Correct Answer
Prohibited discrimination in federally funded programs. Established the principle of equal opportunity for national origin
minority groups.
Question 5
Bilingual Education Acts of 1968 & 1974. Also Title VII.
(Chacon-Moscone Bilingual-Bicultural Ed. Act, 1974)
Correct Answer
Provided supplemental funding for schools to meet special educational needs of LEP students. Didn't specify methods of
instruction.
Established transitional bilingual educ. programs to meet the needs of LEP students. Program requirements follow federal
guidelines for identification, program placement, and reclassification of students as FEP.
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,Question 6
May 25, 1970 Memorandum
Correct Answer
Prohibited the denial of access to educational programs because of a student's limited English proficiency.
Question 7
Equal Educational Opportunity Act, 1974
Correct Answer
Provided definition of what constituted denial of equal educational opportunity.
Question 8
Lau vs. Nichols, 1970
Correct Answer
Chinese student against San Francisco SD, states that students didn't receive equal education when taught in language
they didn't understand. Result: Requires SD to provide equal access to the core curriculum for students whose primary
language is not English.
Question 9
Castaneda vs. Pickard, 1981
Correct Answer
Set the standards for the courts in examining programs for LEP students. To comply with federal law, local SD must have:
a pedagogical plan for LEP students, sufficient qualified staff to implement the plan, and a system established to evaluate
the program. Required to take appropriate action to overcome language barriers.
Question 10
Bilingual Education Act, 1981
Correct Answer
Strengthened the obligations of SD to LEP.
Question 11
Proposition 227, 1998
Correct Answer
Required SD to dismantle transitional bilingual programs that taught students literacy skills and academic content to LEP
students in their L1 while they learned English. However, it had a provision allowing parents to apply for waivers allowing
students to continue in Bil. Educ. under certain specified conditions.
Question 12
Williams vs. State of CA, 2000-2004
Correct Answer
Provisions that stated better bilingual education instruction was needed. State settled and is making change throughout
the state.
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, Question 13
Separate Underlying Proficiency Theory (SUP)
Correct Answer
States that L1 proficiency and L2 proficiency are separate and not connected at all. Assumes that skills & content in L1
don't transfer to L2.
Question 14
Common Underlying Proficiency Theory (CUP)
Correct Answer
Indicates that a child acquires a set of skills and implicit metalinguistic knowledge that can be drawn upon when working
in another language. Students are learning concepts as they're learning L1, and those concepts are transferable to L2. L1
and L2 are interdependent.
Question 15
Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS)
Correct Answer
The universal aspects of language proficiency required for all native speakers of a language to communicate successfully.
Question 16
Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP)
Correct Answer
Refers to language skills associated with literacy and cognitive development learned through formal instruction.
Question 17
Bilingual Education
Correct Answer
Instruction in 2 languages for any part of or all of the school curriculum.
Question 18
Bilingual Bi-cultural Education
Correct Answer
Broader scope program as a total educational approach for developing bilingualism in all American children and for
nurturing the linguistic resources already possessed by language minorities.
Question 19
English as a Second Language
Correct Answer
Selected for students with low English proficiency and need intensive English instruction. Sets aside time for intensive
direct instruction of English skills, fragmented not easily transferred to core curriculum and with low expectations.
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(Updated for 2026) Exam Prep Pack | A+ Questions
200+
& Verified Answers
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Question 1
Fourteen Amendment
Correct Answer
Established the constitutional basis for the educational rights of language minority students.
Question 2
Brown vs. Board of Education, 1954
Correct Answer
Ordered desegregation of schools. Established the principle of equal educational opportunity for all students.
Question 3
Mendez vs. Westminster (preceded Brown by 9 years)
Correct Answer
Ended segregation of Mexican and Mexican American students in Orange County.
Question 4
Title VI Civil Rights Act, 1964
Correct Answer
Prohibited discrimination in federally funded programs. Established the principle of equal opportunity for national origin
minority groups.
Question 5
Bilingual Education Acts of 1968 & 1974. Also Title VII.
(Chacon-Moscone Bilingual-Bicultural Ed. Act, 1974)
Correct Answer
Provided supplemental funding for schools to meet special educational needs of LEP students. Didn't specify methods of
instruction.
Established transitional bilingual educ. programs to meet the needs of LEP students. Program requirements follow federal
guidelines for identification, program placement, and reclassification of students as FEP.
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,Question 6
May 25, 1970 Memorandum
Correct Answer
Prohibited the denial of access to educational programs because of a student's limited English proficiency.
Question 7
Equal Educational Opportunity Act, 1974
Correct Answer
Provided definition of what constituted denial of equal educational opportunity.
Question 8
Lau vs. Nichols, 1970
Correct Answer
Chinese student against San Francisco SD, states that students didn't receive equal education when taught in language
they didn't understand. Result: Requires SD to provide equal access to the core curriculum for students whose primary
language is not English.
Question 9
Castaneda vs. Pickard, 1981
Correct Answer
Set the standards for the courts in examining programs for LEP students. To comply with federal law, local SD must have:
a pedagogical plan for LEP students, sufficient qualified staff to implement the plan, and a system established to evaluate
the program. Required to take appropriate action to overcome language barriers.
Question 10
Bilingual Education Act, 1981
Correct Answer
Strengthened the obligations of SD to LEP.
Question 11
Proposition 227, 1998
Correct Answer
Required SD to dismantle transitional bilingual programs that taught students literacy skills and academic content to LEP
students in their L1 while they learned English. However, it had a provision allowing parents to apply for waivers allowing
students to continue in Bil. Educ. under certain specified conditions.
Question 12
Williams vs. State of CA, 2000-2004
Correct Answer
Provisions that stated better bilingual education instruction was needed. State settled and is making change throughout
the state.
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, Question 13
Separate Underlying Proficiency Theory (SUP)
Correct Answer
States that L1 proficiency and L2 proficiency are separate and not connected at all. Assumes that skills & content in L1
don't transfer to L2.
Question 14
Common Underlying Proficiency Theory (CUP)
Correct Answer
Indicates that a child acquires a set of skills and implicit metalinguistic knowledge that can be drawn upon when working
in another language. Students are learning concepts as they're learning L1, and those concepts are transferable to L2. L1
and L2 are interdependent.
Question 15
Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS)
Correct Answer
The universal aspects of language proficiency required for all native speakers of a language to communicate successfully.
Question 16
Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP)
Correct Answer
Refers to language skills associated with literacy and cognitive development learned through formal instruction.
Question 17
Bilingual Education
Correct Answer
Instruction in 2 languages for any part of or all of the school curriculum.
Question 18
Bilingual Bi-cultural Education
Correct Answer
Broader scope program as a total educational approach for developing bilingualism in all American children and for
nurturing the linguistic resources already possessed by language minorities.
Question 19
English as a Second Language
Correct Answer
Selected for students with low English proficiency and need intensive English instruction. Sets aside time for intensive
direct instruction of English skills, fragmented not easily transferred to core curriculum and with low expectations.
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