FTCE ESE LATEST 2026 CORE EXAM TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔work sample analysis - ✔✔An informal assessment technique in which samples of
student work are studied.
✔✔- must notify parents prior to assessment and receive consent
- the assessment is conducted by a multidisciplinary team or a group of specialists.
-carried out on individual basis
- consist of more than one test criterion
- materials must be non-discriminatory to the students cultural background
-empirically validated and administered out by trained professionals
- for kids age 0-3 must take place in natural environment - ✔✔In terms of diagnostic
testing for initial placement in ESE, the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Improvement Act requires that
✔✔ecological assessment - ✔✔A teacher has been informed that a student with
cerebral palsy will be attending the class. The teacher conducts an assessment of the
classroom to make sure that the student has access to all areas. Which of the following
types of assessments has the teacher conducted?
✔✔ecological assessment - ✔✔a comprehensive process in which data is collected
about how a child functions in different environments or settings.
✔✔DIBELS Data System - ✔✔What system lets teachers enter students' data into a
web-based system, and by doing so they get reports. Those reports are generated
instantly, teachers use those reports to make decisions about kids' instruction, about
their reading ability, and the kind of instruction they need.
✔✔progress monitoring - ✔✔A teacher administers a DIBELS assessment to an entire
class of third-grade students. This is an example of
✔✔a variety of assessment instruments. - ✔✔An English language learner has been
referred for testing to determine whether reading problems experienced in class are the
result of a learning disability. To make such a determination, the student's evaluation
must include
✔✔Achenbach Behavior Checklist - ✔✔Lyn disrupts her reading class by making
noises, teasing her classmates, and dropping her pencils. This behavior can effectively
be documented by using the
✔✔Achenbach Behavior Assessment - ✔✔a comprehensive evidence-based
assessment system that assess competencies, strengths, adaptive functioning, and
behavioral, emotional, and social problems from age 1½ to over 90 years.
, ✔✔SYSTEM OF MULTICULTURAL PLURALISTIC ASSESSMENT (SOMPA) - ✔✔an
assessment that is used to test the children who are between the age of 5 to 11, to
know if they have enough knowledge ethnically or culturally.
✔✔Wide Range Achievement Test 4 (WRAT4) - ✔✔an academic skills assessment
which measures reading skills, math skills, spelling, and comprehension.
✔✔KABC (Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children) - ✔✔an individually administered,
culturally fair test that measures cognitive abilities in children ages 3 - 18.
✔✔Achenbach Behavior Checklist - ✔✔a checklist that serves as a global measure of
problematic behaviors, and can aid in early intervention with learning disabilities, mental
health problems, and similar issues.
✔✔performance-based assessment - ✔✔An ESE teacher wants to measure both the
procedure and the product associated with students' learning of a given objective.
Which of the following is the most effective technique to use?
✔✔portfolio assessment - ✔✔A teacher collects quizzes, compositions, homework
assignments, and daily journal entries to determine students' strengths and weaknesses
in language arts. This is known as
✔✔performing diagnostic teaching to determine the appropriate instruction for the
student - ✔✔In reviewing the cumulative records for a new student in the middle school
ESE program, an ESE teacher notices that the student functions at a 5.5 level in
mathematics and a 5.0 level in reading. The other students in the teacher's class
function at a lower level. What should be the teacher's first step in meeting the student's
current needs?
✔✔peer tutoring - ✔✔Having a classmate of similar background and gender assist a
student with learning disabilities in solving both social and academic problems is an
example of
✔✔phoneme discrimination. - ✔✔A student has difficulty identifying consonant and
vowel sounds. The student would most likely benefit from training in
✔✔Students can participate at their individual levels of mastery and need. - ✔✔What is
the rationale for electing to use a task analysis approach to teach a particular skill?
✔✔application of word attack skills - ✔✔After carefully reviewing a student's reading
test, the student's teacher found that the student guesses at words. Which of the
following is the most appropriate remedial intervention?
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔work sample analysis - ✔✔An informal assessment technique in which samples of
student work are studied.
✔✔- must notify parents prior to assessment and receive consent
- the assessment is conducted by a multidisciplinary team or a group of specialists.
-carried out on individual basis
- consist of more than one test criterion
- materials must be non-discriminatory to the students cultural background
-empirically validated and administered out by trained professionals
- for kids age 0-3 must take place in natural environment - ✔✔In terms of diagnostic
testing for initial placement in ESE, the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Improvement Act requires that
✔✔ecological assessment - ✔✔A teacher has been informed that a student with
cerebral palsy will be attending the class. The teacher conducts an assessment of the
classroom to make sure that the student has access to all areas. Which of the following
types of assessments has the teacher conducted?
✔✔ecological assessment - ✔✔a comprehensive process in which data is collected
about how a child functions in different environments or settings.
✔✔DIBELS Data System - ✔✔What system lets teachers enter students' data into a
web-based system, and by doing so they get reports. Those reports are generated
instantly, teachers use those reports to make decisions about kids' instruction, about
their reading ability, and the kind of instruction they need.
✔✔progress monitoring - ✔✔A teacher administers a DIBELS assessment to an entire
class of third-grade students. This is an example of
✔✔a variety of assessment instruments. - ✔✔An English language learner has been
referred for testing to determine whether reading problems experienced in class are the
result of a learning disability. To make such a determination, the student's evaluation
must include
✔✔Achenbach Behavior Checklist - ✔✔Lyn disrupts her reading class by making
noises, teasing her classmates, and dropping her pencils. This behavior can effectively
be documented by using the
✔✔Achenbach Behavior Assessment - ✔✔a comprehensive evidence-based
assessment system that assess competencies, strengths, adaptive functioning, and
behavioral, emotional, and social problems from age 1½ to over 90 years.
, ✔✔SYSTEM OF MULTICULTURAL PLURALISTIC ASSESSMENT (SOMPA) - ✔✔an
assessment that is used to test the children who are between the age of 5 to 11, to
know if they have enough knowledge ethnically or culturally.
✔✔Wide Range Achievement Test 4 (WRAT4) - ✔✔an academic skills assessment
which measures reading skills, math skills, spelling, and comprehension.
✔✔KABC (Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children) - ✔✔an individually administered,
culturally fair test that measures cognitive abilities in children ages 3 - 18.
✔✔Achenbach Behavior Checklist - ✔✔a checklist that serves as a global measure of
problematic behaviors, and can aid in early intervention with learning disabilities, mental
health problems, and similar issues.
✔✔performance-based assessment - ✔✔An ESE teacher wants to measure both the
procedure and the product associated with students' learning of a given objective.
Which of the following is the most effective technique to use?
✔✔portfolio assessment - ✔✔A teacher collects quizzes, compositions, homework
assignments, and daily journal entries to determine students' strengths and weaknesses
in language arts. This is known as
✔✔performing diagnostic teaching to determine the appropriate instruction for the
student - ✔✔In reviewing the cumulative records for a new student in the middle school
ESE program, an ESE teacher notices that the student functions at a 5.5 level in
mathematics and a 5.0 level in reading. The other students in the teacher's class
function at a lower level. What should be the teacher's first step in meeting the student's
current needs?
✔✔peer tutoring - ✔✔Having a classmate of similar background and gender assist a
student with learning disabilities in solving both social and academic problems is an
example of
✔✔phoneme discrimination. - ✔✔A student has difficulty identifying consonant and
vowel sounds. The student would most likely benefit from training in
✔✔Students can participate at their individual levels of mastery and need. - ✔✔What is
the rationale for electing to use a task analysis approach to teach a particular skill?
✔✔application of word attack skills - ✔✔After carefully reviewing a student's reading
test, the student's teacher found that the student guesses at words. Which of the
following is the most appropriate remedial intervention?
