MY SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY PRAXIS EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 || VERIFIED
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS || HIGH-YIELD PRAXIS SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW
|| ASSESSMENT, INTERVENTION, ETHICS, LAW & DATA-BASED DECISION
MAKING || COMPLETE EXAM PREP GUIDE || PASS-READY PRACTICE QUESTIONS
|| GRADED A+
4 levels of data-based decision making - CORRECT ANSWER - 1.
background data collection and problem identification level
2. Screening level
3. process monitoring and RTI level
Formal assessment level (special education evaluation )
What is data needed for? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. identify the problem
and plan interventions
2. increase or decrease levels of intervention
3. help determine whether interventions are implemented with fidelity
4. decide whether interventions are related to positive student outcomes
(effective)
5. plan individualized instruction and strategic long-term educational
planning
Name initial data collection sources - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. background
information
2. interviews
3. observations
Advantages and limitations of structured interviews - CORRECT ANSWER -
More standardized and formal. The same questions are given to each child
,Advantage
-high validity and reliability
-comparisons across populations
-indicates the presence or absense of a problem, not level of functioning
Limitation
-unable to modify questions to needs of the interviewee
-interview must follow a strict format and administration
Advantages and limitations of unstructured interviews - CORRECT
ANSWER - Based on the assumption that conversational style helps to put the
student at ease. Less structure more that will share
Advantage
- adapted to the needs of the interviewee
Limitation
- child responses can be hard to interpret
-can't be compared to norms
Semi-structured - CORRECT ANSWER - combine the best features of both.
This allows of flexibility and follow-up questions
whole-interval recording - CORRECT ANSWER - behavior only recored
when occurs during the ENTIRE time interval (good for continuous behaviors
or behaviors that occur in short duration)
,Frequency or event recording - CORRECT ANSWER - record the number of
behaviors that occurred during a specific period
Duration recording - CORRECT ANSWER - length of time specific period
lasts
Latency recording - CORRECT ANSWER - time between onset of stimulus or
signal that imitates a specific behavior
Time sampling interval recording - CORRECT ANSWER - select a time
period for the observation, divide period into a number of equal intervals and
record whether or not behavior occurs.
Effective when the beginning and end of behavior is difficult to determine or
when only a brief period of time is available for observations
Partial- interval recording - CORRECT ANSWER - scored if it occurs at any
part of the time interval. Multiple episodes of behavior in a single time
interval are counted as one score or mark.
Effective when behaviors occur at a relatively low rate or for inconsistent
duration
Momentary time sampling - CORRECT ANSWER - Scored as present or
absent only during the moment that a timed interval begins. it is the lasted
biased estimate of behavior as it actually occurs
Purpose of universal screening - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Broad: determine
if need for modifications for:
, - core curriculum
-instruction
-general education environment
2. Narrow identify specific student that need more support
Benefits and limitations of universal screening - CORRECT ANSWER -
Benefits
-Cost effective
-Time efficient
-Easy to administer
Limitations
misclassifying some students when using the screening tool
Least dangerous assumption - CORRECT ANSWER - better to have treat
false positives than miss false negatives
CBM - CORRECT ANSWER - curriculum-based measure reliable but only
work if align with local norms, benchmarks, and standards
DIBELS (dynamic indicators of basic early literacy skills)
Fluency-based indicators - CORRECT ANSWER - measure such things as
initial-sound fluency, letter-naming fluency, phoneme segmentation, nonsense-
word fluency, and oral-reading fluency
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS || HIGH-YIELD PRAXIS SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW
|| ASSESSMENT, INTERVENTION, ETHICS, LAW & DATA-BASED DECISION
MAKING || COMPLETE EXAM PREP GUIDE || PASS-READY PRACTICE QUESTIONS
|| GRADED A+
4 levels of data-based decision making - CORRECT ANSWER - 1.
background data collection and problem identification level
2. Screening level
3. process monitoring and RTI level
Formal assessment level (special education evaluation )
What is data needed for? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. identify the problem
and plan interventions
2. increase or decrease levels of intervention
3. help determine whether interventions are implemented with fidelity
4. decide whether interventions are related to positive student outcomes
(effective)
5. plan individualized instruction and strategic long-term educational
planning
Name initial data collection sources - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. background
information
2. interviews
3. observations
Advantages and limitations of structured interviews - CORRECT ANSWER -
More standardized and formal. The same questions are given to each child
,Advantage
-high validity and reliability
-comparisons across populations
-indicates the presence or absense of a problem, not level of functioning
Limitation
-unable to modify questions to needs of the interviewee
-interview must follow a strict format and administration
Advantages and limitations of unstructured interviews - CORRECT
ANSWER - Based on the assumption that conversational style helps to put the
student at ease. Less structure more that will share
Advantage
- adapted to the needs of the interviewee
Limitation
- child responses can be hard to interpret
-can't be compared to norms
Semi-structured - CORRECT ANSWER - combine the best features of both.
This allows of flexibility and follow-up questions
whole-interval recording - CORRECT ANSWER - behavior only recored
when occurs during the ENTIRE time interval (good for continuous behaviors
or behaviors that occur in short duration)
,Frequency or event recording - CORRECT ANSWER - record the number of
behaviors that occurred during a specific period
Duration recording - CORRECT ANSWER - length of time specific period
lasts
Latency recording - CORRECT ANSWER - time between onset of stimulus or
signal that imitates a specific behavior
Time sampling interval recording - CORRECT ANSWER - select a time
period for the observation, divide period into a number of equal intervals and
record whether or not behavior occurs.
Effective when the beginning and end of behavior is difficult to determine or
when only a brief period of time is available for observations
Partial- interval recording - CORRECT ANSWER - scored if it occurs at any
part of the time interval. Multiple episodes of behavior in a single time
interval are counted as one score or mark.
Effective when behaviors occur at a relatively low rate or for inconsistent
duration
Momentary time sampling - CORRECT ANSWER - Scored as present or
absent only during the moment that a timed interval begins. it is the lasted
biased estimate of behavior as it actually occurs
Purpose of universal screening - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Broad: determine
if need for modifications for:
, - core curriculum
-instruction
-general education environment
2. Narrow identify specific student that need more support
Benefits and limitations of universal screening - CORRECT ANSWER -
Benefits
-Cost effective
-Time efficient
-Easy to administer
Limitations
misclassifying some students when using the screening tool
Least dangerous assumption - CORRECT ANSWER - better to have treat
false positives than miss false negatives
CBM - CORRECT ANSWER - curriculum-based measure reliable but only
work if align with local norms, benchmarks, and standards
DIBELS (dynamic indicators of basic early literacy skills)
Fluency-based indicators - CORRECT ANSWER - measure such things as
initial-sound fluency, letter-naming fluency, phoneme segmentation, nonsense-
word fluency, and oral-reading fluency
