SPED 430 TEST 1 UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. This process should result in only 3-5% of students requiring a full evaluation for exceptional
learning needs or special education.
Answer:
Response to Intervention
Question:
2. Miss Morgan is collecting progress monitoring data using DIBELS and determining if she needs to
change her instructional strategies in order to help her students reach their aim line. Miss Morgan is
using what type of assessment strategy?
Answer:
Curriculum-based measurement
Question:
3. Which of the following describes an assessment model where an emphasis is placed on finding
solutions rather than seeking alternative placement and an eligibility label?
Answer:
Contemporary Model
Question:
4. Students whose performance on standardized instruments of measurement is markedly discrepant
from that of their peers should receive which of the following?
Answer:
TIER 2 intervention
Question:
5. Research has suggested that, traditionally, a teacher's decision to refer may have been influenced by
the student having a sibling who has had school problems.(True or False)
Answer:
True
Question:
6. One main outcome of the Historical Model of Assessment was which of the following?
Answer:
An increase in the number of students identified for special education services
Question:
7. During an eligibility meeting, who determines that the student is eligible for special education
services based on the information collected through the evaluation process?
Answer:
The IEP team.
, Question:
8. Historically, pre-referral interventions have been intended to address bias in the referral process and
prevent unnecessary assessments, and are now part of the Response to Intervention (RTI) model.
(True or False)
Answer:
True
Question:
9. Aaron's teacher noticed he was having difficulties reading in all of his classes. She referred him to a
multidisciplinary team for special education services immediately. What model of assessment is
Aaron's teacher following?
Answer:
Historical Model
Question:
10. An Individualized Education Plan (IEP) differs from an Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) in
that an IEP includes family needs as well as the child's needs. (True or False)
Answer:
False
Question:
11. When the number of students from various ethnic or linguistically diverse groups who receive
special education services is skewed from the general population, it is called which of the following?
Answer:
Disproportionality
Question:
12. Elisabeth's teacher gives a spelling test at the end of each week to determine student mastery of the
words covered in the curriculum. This type of assessment is considered which of the following?
Answer:
Curriculum-based assessment
Question:
13. At which tier of the RTI model does the eligibility meeting happen?
Answer:
none of the 3 - it occurs at the end when the student goes through the top of the model
Question:
14. Children who fail to make academic progress through ESL services are eligible for special
education services. (True or False)
Answer:
False
Question:
15. Looking for patterns of errors to provide insight into learning how a student completes a task is
called which of the following?
Answer:
Error analysis
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. This process should result in only 3-5% of students requiring a full evaluation for exceptional
learning needs or special education.
Answer:
Response to Intervention
Question:
2. Miss Morgan is collecting progress monitoring data using DIBELS and determining if she needs to
change her instructional strategies in order to help her students reach their aim line. Miss Morgan is
using what type of assessment strategy?
Answer:
Curriculum-based measurement
Question:
3. Which of the following describes an assessment model where an emphasis is placed on finding
solutions rather than seeking alternative placement and an eligibility label?
Answer:
Contemporary Model
Question:
4. Students whose performance on standardized instruments of measurement is markedly discrepant
from that of their peers should receive which of the following?
Answer:
TIER 2 intervention
Question:
5. Research has suggested that, traditionally, a teacher's decision to refer may have been influenced by
the student having a sibling who has had school problems.(True or False)
Answer:
True
Question:
6. One main outcome of the Historical Model of Assessment was which of the following?
Answer:
An increase in the number of students identified for special education services
Question:
7. During an eligibility meeting, who determines that the student is eligible for special education
services based on the information collected through the evaluation process?
Answer:
The IEP team.
, Question:
8. Historically, pre-referral interventions have been intended to address bias in the referral process and
prevent unnecessary assessments, and are now part of the Response to Intervention (RTI) model.
(True or False)
Answer:
True
Question:
9. Aaron's teacher noticed he was having difficulties reading in all of his classes. She referred him to a
multidisciplinary team for special education services immediately. What model of assessment is
Aaron's teacher following?
Answer:
Historical Model
Question:
10. An Individualized Education Plan (IEP) differs from an Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) in
that an IEP includes family needs as well as the child's needs. (True or False)
Answer:
False
Question:
11. When the number of students from various ethnic or linguistically diverse groups who receive
special education services is skewed from the general population, it is called which of the following?
Answer:
Disproportionality
Question:
12. Elisabeth's teacher gives a spelling test at the end of each week to determine student mastery of the
words covered in the curriculum. This type of assessment is considered which of the following?
Answer:
Curriculum-based assessment
Question:
13. At which tier of the RTI model does the eligibility meeting happen?
Answer:
none of the 3 - it occurs at the end when the student goes through the top of the model
Question:
14. Children who fail to make academic progress through ESL services are eligible for special
education services. (True or False)
Answer:
False
Question:
15. Looking for patterns of errors to provide insight into learning how a student completes a task is
called which of the following?
Answer:
Error analysis