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Praxis Special Education Exam 2026 – Study Guide, Practice Questions, Answers & Rationales

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Prepare for the Praxis Special Education Exam 2026 with a comprehensive study resource focused on essential special education concepts, assessment and evaluation, instructional strategies, classroom management, individualized education programs, disability characteristics, inclusive practices, student development, and professional responsibilities. This exam review guide includes practice questions, correct answers, and detailed rationales to help you reinforce key concepts, improve your test preparation, and build confidence for the Praxis Special Education assessment.

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,Which of the following is an apporpiate transitional daily cooking daily meals for themselves
living goal for a student who is diagnosed with down
syndrome and has been inclusion classroom with average
social ability and slightly below average cognitive ability?
A. living in an assisted program
B. attending community college
C. cook daily for themselves
D. volunteering in community project 2-3 days a week daily
meals for themeselves


Ms. Myer is teaching an eighth grade SDC class about the Having students do an exit ticket at the end of each session
theory of evolution which of following would be an example
of a formative assessments?
A. having students do exit ticket at the do of each lesson
B. Having students study and research a species of animal
through the evolution
C. At the end into covers all materials
D. testing students beginning unit what already know


When creating unit plan, what should be the first thing what the summative assessments will be
determined?
A. what the formative assessments will be
B. What the student will learn each day
C. what's the summative assessments will be
D. what the diagnostic assessment will be


Paul 9th grade student diagnosed with autism. He all of above: summative, formal, and informal
performs at a 4th grade level in reading, writing, and math.
Which types of assessments should his IEP goals based
off?
A. summative
B. informal
C.formal
D. all of above


Ms. Peterson has been told that her 3rd grade daughter holding a meeting with the parents to discuss the reasons the assessment plan was
struggle and significantly academically. She has been given, what it means and answers and question parent might have
provided with an assessment plan but does not give
consent to the assessment. What would be the next best
thing for the school to do next?
A. begin providing the student with modifications and
accommodations
B. Move forward with assessment without consent
C. begin due to process to contest within parent decision
D. Meeting with parent to discuss reason for assessment
plan was given and answer any what it means, answers,
and question parent might have


A student with cerebral palsy has difficulty walking in a physical therapist
balanced manner which of the following services providers
would be most appropriate?
A. physical education
B. physical therapist
C. Occupational therapist
D/ transportation services


What is the primary purpose of an informal assessment? Evaluating a students individual progress in order to adapt teaching to meet the
A. deterring how student performs in comparison of peers needs of students
B. Evaluating if the students will be able to pass formative
assessments
Evaluating a student individual progress in order to adapt
teaching meet the needs of students
D. Determining if students mastering a concept or not

,Mrs. Blanco teaching 5th grade deaf and hard of hearing Ask students to signal thumbs up or down in response to check for understanding
loss. which of the following would be most appropriate way
to provide students with formative assessments?
A. give the students written exams
B. have students draw their responses to questions
C. Ask students to signal thumbs up or down response for
understanding
D. ask student to provide oral peer to peer feedback


Mr. Fraber is preparing data to write a behavioral classroom observation
intervention plan for his students with serve acting out of
the behaviors. Which of an appropriate formative
assessment that he can use this in analysis
A. results of woodcock Johnson
B. classroom observations
C. standardized test results
D. school discipline record


Ms. Forshee teaches an 8th grade SDC class for students Multiple choice
with a variety of disabilities. Most students are performing
2-3 years below grade level. Which of following formats
would be most appropriate for her summative world history
exam?
A. multiple choice
B. essay
C. matching sequence
D. short answer


Alendaro 9th grade with ADD. He struggles with high order matching-sequence
thinking skills but is able to classify relations and events
effectively. Which of following assessments types might be
most appropriate for him?
A. true/false
B. essay
C. Matching -sequence
D. short answer


Delane struggles with reading, her teachers have tracked response to intervention model
progress since the beginning of school year and after
seeing she was struggling and would refer to special
education services. This is an example of:
A. response to intervention model
B. IQ Achievement discrepancy model
C. functional behavioral assessment
D. appropriate use of summative assessments


Which of following would be the most appropriate way to Monitoring the student progress every 6 weeks
monitor student progress around "writing a 5 sentence
paragraph?
A. assessing students progress every 6 weeks
B. assessing student once a year before annual IEP
C. monitoring student progress every 6 weeks
D. Monitoring students progress twice a year


Claire is a 15 year old student who is blind. She performs proving test in braille and allowing responses typed in Braille
at grade level and is in all general education classes.
Which of the following accommodations will most benefit
her on her assessments?
A. Having the test read aloud and having Claire respond
orally
B. Providing the test in Braille and allowing responses to
be typed in Braille
C. Shortening the length of the test and presenting it in
Braille
D. Excusing Claire from tests

, Which of following is not important part of determining a Making sure the student has the same goals as other students in the class to make
students annual IEP Goals? teaching simpler
A. students present level
B. connecting goals to common core/state standards
C. Ensuring goals are measurable and achievable
D. Make sure student has same goals as often student in
class to make teaching simpler


Sherri a 5th grade student with a specific learning disability Use combined knowledge of letters sound correspondences, syllabication patterns,
who is reading at a 3rd grade level. She is able to apply morphology to read syllabic words
grade level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding
single- syllabic words with 90% accuracy. What
appropriate annual goal for this data?
A. read grade level text with purpose and understanding
B. use context to confirm or self centered word recognition
C. increase flunkey rate to 80 per minute
D. use combined knowledge of letter sound
correspondences syllabic patterns, morphology to read
syllabic words


What is the purpose of progressing monitoring consistently to inform lesson planning to adjust to students learning needs
one the course of school year?
A. to determine if student goals need to be adjusted as it
gets closer to the end of year
B. to inform lesson planning to adjust to student learning
needs
C. to fulfill administrative requrirments from school and
district
D. to change assessment to better suit students needs


Mr. Franklin has been monitoring the progress of her 3rd Adjust her lesson plans to students needs and monitor her progress every 2 weeks
grade SDC students reading levels on a monthly bias.
After being in school for 5 months she noticed that one of
her students has not made any progress towards her
goals? What is the next step to take?
A. change student goal to make them realistic to reach
B. call parents communicate risk of falling behind
C. refer student receive more restrictive
D. adjust lessons for needs and monitor progress every 2
weeks


Ms. Piper teaches a 3-5 SDC class for students with mild Post visual agenda that reflects the daily rountine
autism. She often finds that students begin to act out when
she changes topics. What can Ms. Piper do to help her
transitions go smoother?
A. Have less transitions throughout the day
B. Use a consequence and reward system to reward
students who transition well and punish those who don't
C. Have a visual timer on the wall and reference the time
until the next topic
D. Post a visual agenda that reflects the daily routine


Mrs. Anderson and Mrs. Sterns are co teaching math team teaching
class. Both teachers are providing instruction to the class
as a whole. Which of following models does this
represent?
A. station trainning
B. parallel trainning
C. Team teaching
D. alternative teaching

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