Ultimate WGU D002 OA Prep Questions
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Identification and referral to Special Education is also called what? ✔✔Pre-referral
Where does the pre-referral (identification and referral to Special Education) process take place?
✔✔In the general education classroom.
What is the pre-referral process? ✔✔Helps general education teachers develop effective
strategies that improve success for struggling students. - Prevents over-representation of students
who are learning English as a New Language or students who are at risk, but do not have a
disability. - Encourages communication about how to meet student needs. - A preventative
process that helps eliminate inappropriate referrals to special education Data collection that can
support eligibility determination, especially for suspected learning disabilities.
What is a referral? ✔✔Someone asking the school district to determine if the student is a child
with a disability as defined under IDEA.
,What does a high-quality general education classroom look like? ✔✔Effective use of validated
curriculum and evidence-based instructional strategies - Frequent monitoring of growth and
skills acquisition - Ongoing teacher training - Universal screening
What is Universal Screening? ✔✔Assessments given to all students. - Purpose: identify any
student who may be struggling and begin early intervention. - Many schools do universal
screening at the beginning of the year. Some do reading assessments three times per year.
Areas that may be included in Universal Screening ✔✔Vision - Hearing - Reading - Math -
Behavior - Social Emotional Skills
What happens with the Universal Screening Data? ✔✔Teachers determine which students need
close monitoring during Tier One instruction. - Teacher might select the lowest 25% of the class
for close monitoring or use district benchmarks to select a small group of students for
monitoring. - The teacher will deliver high-quality instruction to the whole class and closely
monitor progress for the struggling students to see if they are responding to the high-quality
instruction.
What happens in a Tier 1 classroom? ✔✔Uses evidence-based, scientifically researched core
curriculum materials - Aligns to state standards. - Teachers trained in how to deliver the
,curriculum. - Student progress is monitored regularly. - About 75-80% of students reach
competency in Tier 1.
What are some things that might spark an initial concern about a student? ✔✔Falling grades -
Difficulty comprehending what is read - Motivation decreases - Behaviors (e.g., acting out or
withdrawn) - Non-compliance - Executive functioning concerns (e.g., lack of organization, task
initiation, impulse control) - Social-emotional concerns (e.g. lack of confidence, difficulty with
change) - Trauma (e.g., family death, divorce, starting a new school) - Significant absences
How does the teacher know the student is not meeting competency in Tier 1? ✔✔Data analysis. -
Is the rate of learning sufficient for the student to reach the average range with peers in a
reasonable amount of time? - Can the intensity of interventions be maintained in the general
education classroom or is more needed? - Is the student able to reach the average range with
accommodations? : Remember, anyone can have an accommodation. We are simply providing
access.
What happens to a student who is not meeting competency in Tier 1? ✔✔Begins additional small
group instruction and more intensive monitoring - Tier 2.
What happens in Tier 2? ✔✔This is supplemental to what the student continues to receive in Tier
1. - A small group of students may be pulled aside while Tier 1 students are completing some
, independent work or working in stations. - Tier 2 focuses on specific skill-building and practice.
- The teacher chunks down what was taught in Tier 1 and reteaches a smaller chunk, using
different strategies and tools. For example, if the students are working on 1:1 correspondence for
numerals 1-10; in the Tier 2 group, the students might work on numerals 1-5. - The small group
might meet 2-3 times per week to practice the skill. - Skill progress is assessed more frequently
than in Tier 1. - Goal is for student to reach the average range in the skill and return to success in
Tier 1.
How do we know if the student is making adequate progress in Tier 2? ✔✔Example of a student
responding positively to the Intervention This fourth grade student had 9 weeks of small group
instruction 1 hour/day, 5 days/week. Progress monitoring results indicated a 24-point increase,
At the current Rate of Improvement (ROI), the student will "catch up" to the 4th grade EOY
benchmark with an additional 3 weeks of instruction
What is Tier 3 intervention in RTI? ✔✔This is supplemental to what the student continues to
receive in Tier 1. - An individual student may be pulled aside while Tier 1 students are
completing some independent work or working in stations. -bTier 3 focuses on more time, more
attention and special resources - The small group might meet 4-5 times per week to practice the
skill. - Skill progress is assessed more frequently than in Tier 2 - Goal is for student to reach the
average range in the skill and return to success in Tier 1.
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Identification and referral to Special Education is also called what? ✔✔Pre-referral
Where does the pre-referral (identification and referral to Special Education) process take place?
✔✔In the general education classroom.
What is the pre-referral process? ✔✔Helps general education teachers develop effective
strategies that improve success for struggling students. - Prevents over-representation of students
who are learning English as a New Language or students who are at risk, but do not have a
disability. - Encourages communication about how to meet student needs. - A preventative
process that helps eliminate inappropriate referrals to special education Data collection that can
support eligibility determination, especially for suspected learning disabilities.
What is a referral? ✔✔Someone asking the school district to determine if the student is a child
with a disability as defined under IDEA.
,What does a high-quality general education classroom look like? ✔✔Effective use of validated
curriculum and evidence-based instructional strategies - Frequent monitoring of growth and
skills acquisition - Ongoing teacher training - Universal screening
What is Universal Screening? ✔✔Assessments given to all students. - Purpose: identify any
student who may be struggling and begin early intervention. - Many schools do universal
screening at the beginning of the year. Some do reading assessments three times per year.
Areas that may be included in Universal Screening ✔✔Vision - Hearing - Reading - Math -
Behavior - Social Emotional Skills
What happens with the Universal Screening Data? ✔✔Teachers determine which students need
close monitoring during Tier One instruction. - Teacher might select the lowest 25% of the class
for close monitoring or use district benchmarks to select a small group of students for
monitoring. - The teacher will deliver high-quality instruction to the whole class and closely
monitor progress for the struggling students to see if they are responding to the high-quality
instruction.
What happens in a Tier 1 classroom? ✔✔Uses evidence-based, scientifically researched core
curriculum materials - Aligns to state standards. - Teachers trained in how to deliver the
,curriculum. - Student progress is monitored regularly. - About 75-80% of students reach
competency in Tier 1.
What are some things that might spark an initial concern about a student? ✔✔Falling grades -
Difficulty comprehending what is read - Motivation decreases - Behaviors (e.g., acting out or
withdrawn) - Non-compliance - Executive functioning concerns (e.g., lack of organization, task
initiation, impulse control) - Social-emotional concerns (e.g. lack of confidence, difficulty with
change) - Trauma (e.g., family death, divorce, starting a new school) - Significant absences
How does the teacher know the student is not meeting competency in Tier 1? ✔✔Data analysis. -
Is the rate of learning sufficient for the student to reach the average range with peers in a
reasonable amount of time? - Can the intensity of interventions be maintained in the general
education classroom or is more needed? - Is the student able to reach the average range with
accommodations? : Remember, anyone can have an accommodation. We are simply providing
access.
What happens to a student who is not meeting competency in Tier 1? ✔✔Begins additional small
group instruction and more intensive monitoring - Tier 2.
What happens in Tier 2? ✔✔This is supplemental to what the student continues to receive in Tier
1. - A small group of students may be pulled aside while Tier 1 students are completing some
, independent work or working in stations. - Tier 2 focuses on specific skill-building and practice.
- The teacher chunks down what was taught in Tier 1 and reteaches a smaller chunk, using
different strategies and tools. For example, if the students are working on 1:1 correspondence for
numerals 1-10; in the Tier 2 group, the students might work on numerals 1-5. - The small group
might meet 2-3 times per week to practice the skill. - Skill progress is assessed more frequently
than in Tier 1. - Goal is for student to reach the average range in the skill and return to success in
Tier 1.
How do we know if the student is making adequate progress in Tier 2? ✔✔Example of a student
responding positively to the Intervention This fourth grade student had 9 weeks of small group
instruction 1 hour/day, 5 days/week. Progress monitoring results indicated a 24-point increase,
At the current Rate of Improvement (ROI), the student will "catch up" to the 4th grade EOY
benchmark with an additional 3 weeks of instruction
What is Tier 3 intervention in RTI? ✔✔This is supplemental to what the student continues to
receive in Tier 1. - An individual student may be pulled aside while Tier 1 students are
completing some independent work or working in stations. -bTier 3 focuses on more time, more
attention and special resources - The small group might meet 4-5 times per week to practice the
skill. - Skill progress is assessed more frequently than in Tier 2 - Goal is for student to reach the
average range in the skill and return to success in Tier 1.
