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GACE Special Education General Curriculum –1
Exam Questions and Answers 2025
dysgraphia -Correct Answer ✔brain-based disorder in which written expression is
impaired: listed under IDEA as a "specific learning disability"
dyscalculia -Correct Answer ✔disability with mathematical problems: numerical sense,
equations, identifying numbers, etc
"Defines a range of difficulties in math, such as the inability to understand numbers'
meanings, measurements, patterns, mathematical terms and the application of
mathematical principals. Early cues include a young child's inability to group items by
size or color, recognize patterns or understand the meaning or order of numbers."
accommodations -Correct Answer ✔changes in HOW students learn and are assessed
Modifications -Correct Answer ✔changes in WHAT students are expected to learn
IEP section 504 -Correct Answer ✔NON-IEP STUDENTS--- have other disabilities, i.e.
physical, ADHD, ADD, etc.
Requires schools to supply accommodations for all students with disabilities even if they
don't have IEPs
Cerebral palsy -Correct Answer ✔umbrella term that groups neurological childhood
disorders that affect muscular control; does not worsen over time and cause is located in
damaged areas of the brain that control muscle movement
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response to intervention (RTI) -Correct Answer ✔a strategy for diagnosing learning
disabilities in which a student with an academic delay receives research supported
interventions to correct the delay. If the interventions do not result in considerable
academic improvement, the failure to respond suggests casual learning disabilities.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) -Correct Answer ✔Children and adults
with_______ typically engage in a series of highly ritualized behaviors that are rigidly
performed when they feel stressed. Behaviors include tapping, snapping fingers,
blinking, counting and so forth.
diabetic hypoglycemia -Correct Answer ✔AKA insulin reaction or insulin shock
Occurs when blood sugar falls to a very low level (failure to take insulin or eat often
enough). It is important to treat it quickly or the diabetic could faint, in which case an
injection of glucagon is administered.
Pervasive Spectrum Disorders (PSD) -Correct Answer ✔Another name for Autism
Spectrum Disorders (ASD). PSD causes disabilities in language, thought, emotion, and
empathy.
Tourette syndrome -Correct Answer ✔Individuals with _____________________ are
rarely aggressive nor are they reluctant to make eye contact or otherwise engage others.
Often coupled with OCD.
Characterized by explosive sounds (inappropriate words, meaningless syllables),
muscular twitches of the face or elsewhere in the body and the complete inability to
control the spasms.
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder -Correct Answer ✔Often a myriad of symptoms
including: disorganization, easily distracted and frustrated, defensive, immature,
impulsive, often interrupts conversations and hyperactive behaviors.
Test of Silent Contextual Reading Fluency -Correct Answer ✔Presents a student with a
string of words with no spaces in-between. The student must use dashes to separate the
words. E.g.,
Thesmalldogherdedthefluffysheepintothebarn.
The/small/dog/herded/the/fluffy/sheep/into/the/barn.
The more words a student separates, the higher the silent reading fluency score.
Oral Reading Fluency assessment (ORF) -Correct Answer ✔AKA Curriculum-Based
Measurement (CBM)
One-minute assessment in which a student reads a grade-level text aloud. Test
supervisor notes errors the reader doesn't self-correct and the number of words read
correctly.
phonological awareness -Correct Answer ✔the understanding of the sounds within a
spoken word; contributes to fluid reading skills
Frustration reading level -Correct Answer ✔less than 90% accuracy in word recognition
and less than 50% accuracy in comprehension, retelling a story is illogical or incomplete
and the student cannot accurately answer questions about the text. Student is unable to
unlock meaning from a text regardless of teacher support or strategies.
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orthography -Correct Answer ✔the conventional spelling system of a language
cultural load -Correct Answer ✔concerned with how the relationship between language
and culture can help or hinder learning.
Bilingual Support Model -Correct Answer ✔bilingual paraprofessionals + English-
speaking special educators to assist with the IEP implementation
4 types of Bilingual Special Education Instructional Delivery Models -Correct Answer ✔-
Bilingual Support model
-Coordinated services model
-Integrated bilingual special education
-Bilingual special education model.
Coordinated services model -Correct Answer ✔IEP team consists of an English speaking
special education teacher + bilingual educator. (model of bilingual special education
delivery model)
Integrated Bilingual Special Education Model -Correct Answer ✔Applied in districts with
bilingual special educator teachers who can give instruction in the native language,
English as Second Language (ESL) training and transition assistance as the student gains
proficiency. (type of bilingual special education delivery model)
Bilingual Special Education model -Correct Answer ✔-integrates all school personnel
who focus on bilingual special education instruction and services// all professionals have
been trained in bilingual special education
-(type of bilingual special education delivery service model)
GACE
GACE Special Education General Curriculum –1
Exam Questions and Answers 2025
dysgraphia -Correct Answer ✔brain-based disorder in which written expression is
impaired: listed under IDEA as a "specific learning disability"
dyscalculia -Correct Answer ✔disability with mathematical problems: numerical sense,
equations, identifying numbers, etc
"Defines a range of difficulties in math, such as the inability to understand numbers'
meanings, measurements, patterns, mathematical terms and the application of
mathematical principals. Early cues include a young child's inability to group items by
size or color, recognize patterns or understand the meaning or order of numbers."
accommodations -Correct Answer ✔changes in HOW students learn and are assessed
Modifications -Correct Answer ✔changes in WHAT students are expected to learn
IEP section 504 -Correct Answer ✔NON-IEP STUDENTS--- have other disabilities, i.e.
physical, ADHD, ADD, etc.
Requires schools to supply accommodations for all students with disabilities even if they
don't have IEPs
Cerebral palsy -Correct Answer ✔umbrella term that groups neurological childhood
disorders that affect muscular control; does not worsen over time and cause is located in
damaged areas of the brain that control muscle movement
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,GACE
response to intervention (RTI) -Correct Answer ✔a strategy for diagnosing learning
disabilities in which a student with an academic delay receives research supported
interventions to correct the delay. If the interventions do not result in considerable
academic improvement, the failure to respond suggests casual learning disabilities.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) -Correct Answer ✔Children and adults
with_______ typically engage in a series of highly ritualized behaviors that are rigidly
performed when they feel stressed. Behaviors include tapping, snapping fingers,
blinking, counting and so forth.
diabetic hypoglycemia -Correct Answer ✔AKA insulin reaction or insulin shock
Occurs when blood sugar falls to a very low level (failure to take insulin or eat often
enough). It is important to treat it quickly or the diabetic could faint, in which case an
injection of glucagon is administered.
Pervasive Spectrum Disorders (PSD) -Correct Answer ✔Another name for Autism
Spectrum Disorders (ASD). PSD causes disabilities in language, thought, emotion, and
empathy.
Tourette syndrome -Correct Answer ✔Individuals with _____________________ are
rarely aggressive nor are they reluctant to make eye contact or otherwise engage others.
Often coupled with OCD.
Characterized by explosive sounds (inappropriate words, meaningless syllables),
muscular twitches of the face or elsewhere in the body and the complete inability to
control the spasms.
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder -Correct Answer ✔Often a myriad of symptoms
including: disorganization, easily distracted and frustrated, defensive, immature,
impulsive, often interrupts conversations and hyperactive behaviors.
Test of Silent Contextual Reading Fluency -Correct Answer ✔Presents a student with a
string of words with no spaces in-between. The student must use dashes to separate the
words. E.g.,
Thesmalldogherdedthefluffysheepintothebarn.
The/small/dog/herded/the/fluffy/sheep/into/the/barn.
The more words a student separates, the higher the silent reading fluency score.
Oral Reading Fluency assessment (ORF) -Correct Answer ✔AKA Curriculum-Based
Measurement (CBM)
One-minute assessment in which a student reads a grade-level text aloud. Test
supervisor notes errors the reader doesn't self-correct and the number of words read
correctly.
phonological awareness -Correct Answer ✔the understanding of the sounds within a
spoken word; contributes to fluid reading skills
Frustration reading level -Correct Answer ✔less than 90% accuracy in word recognition
and less than 50% accuracy in comprehension, retelling a story is illogical or incomplete
and the student cannot accurately answer questions about the text. Student is unable to
unlock meaning from a text regardless of teacher support or strategies.
GACE
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orthography -Correct Answer ✔the conventional spelling system of a language
cultural load -Correct Answer ✔concerned with how the relationship between language
and culture can help or hinder learning.
Bilingual Support Model -Correct Answer ✔bilingual paraprofessionals + English-
speaking special educators to assist with the IEP implementation
4 types of Bilingual Special Education Instructional Delivery Models -Correct Answer ✔-
Bilingual Support model
-Coordinated services model
-Integrated bilingual special education
-Bilingual special education model.
Coordinated services model -Correct Answer ✔IEP team consists of an English speaking
special education teacher + bilingual educator. (model of bilingual special education
delivery model)
Integrated Bilingual Special Education Model -Correct Answer ✔Applied in districts with
bilingual special educator teachers who can give instruction in the native language,
English as Second Language (ESL) training and transition assistance as the student gains
proficiency. (type of bilingual special education delivery model)
Bilingual Special Education model -Correct Answer ✔-integrates all school personnel
who focus on bilingual special education instruction and services// all professionals have
been trained in bilingual special education
-(type of bilingual special education delivery service model)
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