GACE-081; 082: Special Education
General Curriculum Exam Question &
Answers 2025
dysgraphia - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔brain-based disorder in which
written expression is impaired: listed under IDEA as a "specific learning
disability"
dyscalculia - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔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 ANSWERS ✔✔changes in HOW
students learn and are assessed
Modifications - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔changes in WHAT students
are expected to learn
IEP section 504 - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔NON-IEP STUDENTS--- have
other disabilities, i.e. physical, ADHD, ADD, etc.
,GACE-081; 082: Special Education
General Curriculum Exam Question &
Answers 2025
Requires schools to supply accommodations for all students with
disabilities even if they don't have IEPs
Cerebral palsy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔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
response to intervention (RTI) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔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 ANSWERS
✔✔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 ANSWERS ✔✔AKA insulin reaction
or insulin shock
,GACE-081; 082: Special Education
General Curriculum Exam Question &
Answers 2025
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 ANSWERS
✔✔Another name for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). PSD causes
disabilities in language, thought, emotion, and empathy.
Tourette syndrome - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔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.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Often a myriad of symptoms including: disorganization, easily
distracted and frustrated, defensive, immature, impulsive, often
interrupts conversations and hyperactive behaviors.
, GACE-081; 082: Special Education
General Curriculum Exam Question &
Answers 2025
Test of Silent Contextual Reading Fluency - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔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 ANSWERS
✔✔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 ANSWERS ✔✔the understanding
of the sounds within a spoken word; contributes to fluid reading skills
General Curriculum Exam Question &
Answers 2025
dysgraphia - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔brain-based disorder in which
written expression is impaired: listed under IDEA as a "specific learning
disability"
dyscalculia - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔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 ANSWERS ✔✔changes in HOW
students learn and are assessed
Modifications - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔changes in WHAT students
are expected to learn
IEP section 504 - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔NON-IEP STUDENTS--- have
other disabilities, i.e. physical, ADHD, ADD, etc.
,GACE-081; 082: Special Education
General Curriculum Exam Question &
Answers 2025
Requires schools to supply accommodations for all students with
disabilities even if they don't have IEPs
Cerebral palsy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔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
response to intervention (RTI) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔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 ANSWERS
✔✔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 ANSWERS ✔✔AKA insulin reaction
or insulin shock
,GACE-081; 082: Special Education
General Curriculum Exam Question &
Answers 2025
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 ANSWERS
✔✔Another name for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). PSD causes
disabilities in language, thought, emotion, and empathy.
Tourette syndrome - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔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.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Often a myriad of symptoms including: disorganization, easily
distracted and frustrated, defensive, immature, impulsive, often
interrupts conversations and hyperactive behaviors.
, GACE-081; 082: Special Education
General Curriculum Exam Question &
Answers 2025
Test of Silent Contextual Reading Fluency - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔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 ANSWERS
✔✔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 ANSWERS ✔✔the understanding
of the sounds within a spoken word; contributes to fluid reading skills
