WGU D169 Essential Practices for
Supporting Diverse Learners
Title III ✔✔English learner instruction, Standardized testing rules ELs with exceptionalities
Which law requires states to develop programs that meet the specialized needs that students who
are ELs may bring to the classroom? ✔✔Title III
English as a Second Language (ESL) or English Language Development (ELD) ✔✔Program of
techniques, methodology, and special curriculum designed to teach ELs explicitly about the
English language, including the academic vocabulary needed to access content instruction, and to
develop their English language proficiency in all four language domains (i.e., speaking, listening,
reading, and writing).
Structured English Immersion (SEI) ✔✔Program designed to impart English language skills so
that the ELs can transition and succeed in an English-only mainstream classroom once proficient.
Title III requires schools to report on the number of ELs receiving services and their progress
toward ________ and _________ ✔✔language proficiency and content knowledge
,Which practice may reduce inappropriate over or under-identification of ELs for special
education services? ✔✔Consider the student's native literacy and language
ESSA permits native language testing if it is necessary, and students can be exempted from the
reading assessment during ___________ ✔✔1st year in the country
What is WIDA? ✔✔World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment
What areas includes standards promoted by WIDA for describing how ELs should use language?
✔✔Social and instructional language along with academic language in mathematics, science,
and social studies
Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) ✔✔This education law requires public schools to meet
the unique needs of eligible K-12 students with disabilities. Schools do this by providing
services.
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act ✔✔This civil rights law prohibits disability discrimination
at schools that get federal funding. Schools meet these requirements by removing barriers to
learning.
,Which law provides 504 plans for eligible K-12 studetns? ✔✔Section 504
Which law provides freedom from discrimination at work? ✔✔ADA
What is a LRE? ✔✔Least Restrictive Environment
What must an IEP include? ✔✔goals, testing accommodations, present levels of performance,
services, modifications, and placement information
When LRE comes up, what two words come up also? ✔✔mainstreaming and inclusion
What is a resource provided by Section 504? ✔✔Accommodations or modifications due to a
disability
What is an instruction is a type of program model in which an English language teacher works
with ELs in small groups to provide English language instruction, pulling them out of their
regular classroom to do so. ✔✔pullout instruction
, What is SLD? ✔✔Specific Learning Disability
SLD affect a child's ability to ________ ✔✔read, write, listen, speak, reason, or do math.
Emotional Disturbance includes _____________ ✔✔anxiety, bipolar, OCD, schizophrenia,
depression
What category of disabilities does Dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia fall under? ✔✔Specific
Learning Disability
What disability category has the highest percentage of children served under IDEA? ✔✔Specific
Learning Disability (SLD)
A high school special education student diagnosed with autism received special education
services and related support for social pragmatic (social skills) therapy from a speech-language
pathologist. He requires some academic support, primarily in written expression and task
management, which happens within the general education environment in a co-taught English
class with an English teacher and his assigned special education teacher. He also receives
speech-language therapy twice per week. This student's time out of the general education
Supporting Diverse Learners
Title III ✔✔English learner instruction, Standardized testing rules ELs with exceptionalities
Which law requires states to develop programs that meet the specialized needs that students who
are ELs may bring to the classroom? ✔✔Title III
English as a Second Language (ESL) or English Language Development (ELD) ✔✔Program of
techniques, methodology, and special curriculum designed to teach ELs explicitly about the
English language, including the academic vocabulary needed to access content instruction, and to
develop their English language proficiency in all four language domains (i.e., speaking, listening,
reading, and writing).
Structured English Immersion (SEI) ✔✔Program designed to impart English language skills so
that the ELs can transition and succeed in an English-only mainstream classroom once proficient.
Title III requires schools to report on the number of ELs receiving services and their progress
toward ________ and _________ ✔✔language proficiency and content knowledge
,Which practice may reduce inappropriate over or under-identification of ELs for special
education services? ✔✔Consider the student's native literacy and language
ESSA permits native language testing if it is necessary, and students can be exempted from the
reading assessment during ___________ ✔✔1st year in the country
What is WIDA? ✔✔World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment
What areas includes standards promoted by WIDA for describing how ELs should use language?
✔✔Social and instructional language along with academic language in mathematics, science,
and social studies
Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) ✔✔This education law requires public schools to meet
the unique needs of eligible K-12 students with disabilities. Schools do this by providing
services.
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act ✔✔This civil rights law prohibits disability discrimination
at schools that get federal funding. Schools meet these requirements by removing barriers to
learning.
,Which law provides 504 plans for eligible K-12 studetns? ✔✔Section 504
Which law provides freedom from discrimination at work? ✔✔ADA
What is a LRE? ✔✔Least Restrictive Environment
What must an IEP include? ✔✔goals, testing accommodations, present levels of performance,
services, modifications, and placement information
When LRE comes up, what two words come up also? ✔✔mainstreaming and inclusion
What is a resource provided by Section 504? ✔✔Accommodations or modifications due to a
disability
What is an instruction is a type of program model in which an English language teacher works
with ELs in small groups to provide English language instruction, pulling them out of their
regular classroom to do so. ✔✔pullout instruction
, What is SLD? ✔✔Specific Learning Disability
SLD affect a child's ability to ________ ✔✔read, write, listen, speak, reason, or do math.
Emotional Disturbance includes _____________ ✔✔anxiety, bipolar, OCD, schizophrenia,
depression
What category of disabilities does Dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia fall under? ✔✔Specific
Learning Disability
What disability category has the highest percentage of children served under IDEA? ✔✔Specific
Learning Disability (SLD)
A high school special education student diagnosed with autism received special education
services and related support for social pragmatic (social skills) therapy from a speech-language
pathologist. He requires some academic support, primarily in written expression and task
management, which happens within the general education environment in a co-taught English
class with an English teacher and his assigned special education teacher. He also receives
speech-language therapy twice per week. This student's time out of the general education
