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CSET Subtest Iv – World Language
Exam | Actual Questions And Answers
2026
Fourteen Amendment - correct-answer -Established the constitutional basis for
the educational rights of language minority students.
Brown vs. Board of Education, 1954 - correct-answer -Ordered desegregation of
schools. Established the principle of equal educational opportunity for all
students.
Mendez vs. Westminster (preceded Brown by 9 years) - correct-answer -Ended
segregation of Mexican and Mexican American students in Orange County.
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.
Bilingual Education Acts of 1968 & 1974. Also Title VII.
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(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.
May 25, 1970 Memorandum - correct-answer -Prohibited the denial of access to
educational programs because of a student's limited English proficiency.
Equal Educational Opportunity Act, 1974 - correct-answer -Provided definition of
what constituted denial of equal educational opportunity.
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.
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.
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Bilingual Education Act, 1981 - correct-answer -Strengthened the obligations of SD
to LEP.
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.
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.
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.
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
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they're learning L1, and those concepts are transferable to L2. L1 and L2 are
interdependent.
Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS) - correct-answer -The universal
aspects of language proficiency required for all native speakers of a language to
communicate successfully.
Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP) - correct-answer -Refers to
language skills associated with literacy and cognitive development learned
through formal instruction.
Bilingual Education - correct-answer -Instruction in 2 languages for any part of or
all of the school curriculum.
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.
English as a Second Language - correct-answer -Selected for students with low
English proficiency and need intensive English instruction. Sets aside time for
CSET Subtest Iv – World Language
Exam | Actual Questions And Answers
2026
Fourteen Amendment - correct-answer -Established the constitutional basis for
the educational rights of language minority students.
Brown vs. Board of Education, 1954 - correct-answer -Ordered desegregation of
schools. Established the principle of equal educational opportunity for all
students.
Mendez vs. Westminster (preceded Brown by 9 years) - correct-answer -Ended
segregation of Mexican and Mexican American students in Orange County.
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.
Bilingual Education Acts of 1968 & 1974. Also Title VII.
,2|Page
(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.
May 25, 1970 Memorandum - correct-answer -Prohibited the denial of access to
educational programs because of a student's limited English proficiency.
Equal Educational Opportunity Act, 1974 - correct-answer -Provided definition of
what constituted denial of equal educational opportunity.
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.
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.
,3|Page
Bilingual Education Act, 1981 - correct-answer -Strengthened the obligations of SD
to LEP.
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.
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.
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.
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
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they're learning L1, and those concepts are transferable to L2. L1 and L2 are
interdependent.
Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS) - correct-answer -The universal
aspects of language proficiency required for all native speakers of a language to
communicate successfully.
Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP) - correct-answer -Refers to
language skills associated with literacy and cognitive development learned
through formal instruction.
Bilingual Education - correct-answer -Instruction in 2 languages for any part of or
all of the school curriculum.
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.
English as a Second Language - correct-answer -Selected for students with low
English proficiency and need intensive English instruction. Sets aside time for
