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What term best describes an assessment that measures group performance against an established standard at defined points along the path toward the standard? A) Formative B) Benchmark C) Summative D) Alternative - ️️B) Benchmark The purpose of a standardized achievement test is to A) identify the best reading method to use with a student. B) measure the amount of knowledge a student has acquired in comparison to a larger group. C) establish a baseline for learning prior to starting a new unit. D) help a teacher form instructional groups. - ️️B) measure the amount of knowledge a student has acquired in comparison to a larger group. A special education co-teacher is working with a 5th grade student with learning disabilities. As the student works through a series of math problems, the teacher observes that word problems, seem particularly challenging for the student. The student often does just the first operation he can figure out and then abandons the problem. Based on this informal assessment, what type of cognitive deficits is the student most likely exhibiting? A) Visual-spatial deficits B) memory deficits C) Procedural learning deficits D) Number sense deficits - ️️C) Procedural learning deficits Researchers look at the strategies to teach explicitly to struggling readers. Which of the following strategies is an example of a strategy most successful readers use during reading, often without consciously thinking about it? A) Reading just to get to the end of an assignment B) Skipping over words they don't recognize C) Reading fiction and nonfiction the same way D) Pausing every few paragraphs and mentally summarizing what just happened in the text. - ️️D) Pausing every few paragraphs and mentally summarizing what just happened in the text.In special education professional circles, the term "disproportionality" refers to A) the overrrepresentation of racial, cultural, and linguistic minorities in special education. B) a mathematical dilemma with geometric shapes. C) the high number of students with autism in ALE classrooms. D) the low number of Texas schools receiving special education funding. - ️️A) the overrrepresentation of racial, cultural, and linguistic minorities in special education. Which reauthorization of IDEA implemented a timeframe of not more than 60 days to conduct initial evaluations for special education eligibility? A) Reauthorization of 1990 B) Reauthorization of 1997 C) Reauthorization of 2004 D) Reauthorization of 2009 - ️️C) Reauthorization of 2004 The law that mandates the states provides a free appropriate public education to all children with disabilities or risk educational funding cuts or withholdings is A) Public Law 89-10 B) Public Law 93-112 C) Public Law 94-142 D) Public Law 94-479 - ️️C) Public Law 94-142 Which reauthorization of IDEA expanded the definition of disabilities to include children with developmental delays between the ages of three and nine? A) Reauthorization of 1990 B) Reauthorization of 1997 C) Reauthorization of 2004 D) Reauthorization of 2009 - ️️B) Reauthorization of 1997 The first piece of federal legislation to address the civil rights of all people with disabilities was. A) Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. B) the individuals with disabilities Education Act. C) the Elementary and secondary Education Act. D) the No Child Left Behind Act. - ️️A) Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. The reason that section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act was ignored by state and local educational agencies for 20 years after it was passed in 1973 is that the law... A) didn't make sense to school boards.B) was discriminatory. C) was never signed by the President of the United States. D) did not include provisions for federal funding or monitoring. - ️️D) did not include provisions for federal funding or monitoring. Which federal law replaced the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) in 2015? A) Public Law 99-457 B) Elementary and Secondary Education Act C) Public Law 108-446 D) Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) - ️️D) Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) A special education teacher working with students with intelectual disabilities and autism is teaching one-to-one correspondence. The most appropriate instructional tool for the teacher to use in teaching this concept would be which of the following? A) A worksheet with symbol-supported text B) A graphic organizer C) Blocks of different colors D) A caculator - ️️C) Blocks of different colors