GIFTED PRAXIS LATEST EXAM 2026/2027 QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Requiring students to pay close attention to the details of their written work
Encouraging students to use journal writing and learning logs
Honoring students' requests for more challenging work - ✔✔Goal for gifted students:
Students will develop productive habits of mind—pushing the limits of their abilities,
being aware of their own thinking, and striving for accuracy in their work.
For each strategy listed, indicate whether the strategy is likely to be effective or
ineffective in meeting the goal.
✔✔Norm-referenced - ✔✔Which of the following is a type of assessment used primarily
to compare test takers in relation to one another?
✔✔Supporting the students' active involvement in local and regional science fairs -
✔✔Which of the following teacher actions best encourages gifted students to participate
in an extracurricular activity that requires collaboration and the use of advanced
academic skills?
✔✔Extending abstract complex patterns found in music and art - ✔✔Which of the
following is the best indicator of giftedness in a student who has been identified as
having a language-learning disability?
✔✔Grade telescoping - ✔✔By the end of fifth grade, a group of students demonstrate
that they can master academic content in various subjects at a significantly accelerated
pace. Which of the following types of acceleration is most appropriate for the group of
students?
✔✔Developing assessments that require students to use higher-level thinking and
problem-solving skills
Preassessing students' level of mastery of content material before beginning instruction
- ✔✔For each strategy shown in the table, indicate whether it is likely to be effective or
ineffective in differentiating the curriculum for gifted students.
✔✔how spread out scores are from the mean - ✔✔By reviewing the standard deviation
for a set of assessment results, the teacher of gifted students can better understand
✔✔Collaborating regularly with parents to monitor and evaluate students' learning plans
- ✔✔Which of the following strategies will best enhance a teacher's relationships with
the parents of gifted students?
✔✔Reviewing the state law on gifted education - ✔✔The father of a student identified
as gifted believes his son is not receiving an appropriate education. After several
, discussions with school and district personnel, he remains dissatisfied. Which of the
following is the most appropriate follow-up action for the father to take?
✔✔Modeling risk taking by showing students healthy ways to respond to mistakes -
✔✔Which of the following strategies implemented by a teacher best addresses
perfectionist behavior in gifted students?
✔✔Providing the student with extension activities that apply learning - ✔✔Which of the
following is the best strategy for supporting the learning of a student who has mastered
grade-level mathematics content?
✔✔Eliminating curriculum in which a student demonstrates mastery in a preassessment
- ✔✔Which of the following is the best example of a teacher compacting instruction?
✔✔Individual states - ✔✔Which of the following is legally charged with protecting the
rights of gifted students and mandating that educational programs serve them?
✔✔Teachers may use such charts to focus too narrowly on who is gifted. - ✔✔Which of
the following is the most significant drawback to using charts describing the
characteristics of gifted students to identify students for a gifted education program?
✔✔Partnering the student with an expert in the field through an online mentoring
program - ✔✔Which of the following activities is most appropriate for adapting
instruction to meet the needs of a student who has been identified as gifted in the
content area of mathematics?
✔✔Allowing the students to skip more than one grade level
Promoting autonomy in students' learning and exploration - ✔✔Which TWO of the
following strategies are most appropriate for a teacher to use to address the academic
needs of profoundly gifted students?
✔✔Informal one-on-one conversations - ✔✔Which of the following forms of evaluation is
most appropriate for determining a gifted preschool child's level of mathematical
understanding?
✔✔Outcomes of longitudinal studies of student acceleration - ✔✔A principal asks the
teacher of a gifted and talented class to present professional development training to
colleagues regarding whole-grade acceleration. Which of the following resources is
most reliable for the teacher to use when designing the presentation?
✔✔Exposing the student to advanced content that requires conceptual thinking - ✔✔A
precocious fourth-grade student demonstrates characteristics of profound giftedness in
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Requiring students to pay close attention to the details of their written work
Encouraging students to use journal writing and learning logs
Honoring students' requests for more challenging work - ✔✔Goal for gifted students:
Students will develop productive habits of mind—pushing the limits of their abilities,
being aware of their own thinking, and striving for accuracy in their work.
For each strategy listed, indicate whether the strategy is likely to be effective or
ineffective in meeting the goal.
✔✔Norm-referenced - ✔✔Which of the following is a type of assessment used primarily
to compare test takers in relation to one another?
✔✔Supporting the students' active involvement in local and regional science fairs -
✔✔Which of the following teacher actions best encourages gifted students to participate
in an extracurricular activity that requires collaboration and the use of advanced
academic skills?
✔✔Extending abstract complex patterns found in music and art - ✔✔Which of the
following is the best indicator of giftedness in a student who has been identified as
having a language-learning disability?
✔✔Grade telescoping - ✔✔By the end of fifth grade, a group of students demonstrate
that they can master academic content in various subjects at a significantly accelerated
pace. Which of the following types of acceleration is most appropriate for the group of
students?
✔✔Developing assessments that require students to use higher-level thinking and
problem-solving skills
Preassessing students' level of mastery of content material before beginning instruction
- ✔✔For each strategy shown in the table, indicate whether it is likely to be effective or
ineffective in differentiating the curriculum for gifted students.
✔✔how spread out scores are from the mean - ✔✔By reviewing the standard deviation
for a set of assessment results, the teacher of gifted students can better understand
✔✔Collaborating regularly with parents to monitor and evaluate students' learning plans
- ✔✔Which of the following strategies will best enhance a teacher's relationships with
the parents of gifted students?
✔✔Reviewing the state law on gifted education - ✔✔The father of a student identified
as gifted believes his son is not receiving an appropriate education. After several
, discussions with school and district personnel, he remains dissatisfied. Which of the
following is the most appropriate follow-up action for the father to take?
✔✔Modeling risk taking by showing students healthy ways to respond to mistakes -
✔✔Which of the following strategies implemented by a teacher best addresses
perfectionist behavior in gifted students?
✔✔Providing the student with extension activities that apply learning - ✔✔Which of the
following is the best strategy for supporting the learning of a student who has mastered
grade-level mathematics content?
✔✔Eliminating curriculum in which a student demonstrates mastery in a preassessment
- ✔✔Which of the following is the best example of a teacher compacting instruction?
✔✔Individual states - ✔✔Which of the following is legally charged with protecting the
rights of gifted students and mandating that educational programs serve them?
✔✔Teachers may use such charts to focus too narrowly on who is gifted. - ✔✔Which of
the following is the most significant drawback to using charts describing the
characteristics of gifted students to identify students for a gifted education program?
✔✔Partnering the student with an expert in the field through an online mentoring
program - ✔✔Which of the following activities is most appropriate for adapting
instruction to meet the needs of a student who has been identified as gifted in the
content area of mathematics?
✔✔Allowing the students to skip more than one grade level
Promoting autonomy in students' learning and exploration - ✔✔Which TWO of the
following strategies are most appropriate for a teacher to use to address the academic
needs of profoundly gifted students?
✔✔Informal one-on-one conversations - ✔✔Which of the following forms of evaluation is
most appropriate for determining a gifted preschool child's level of mathematical
understanding?
✔✔Outcomes of longitudinal studies of student acceleration - ✔✔A principal asks the
teacher of a gifted and talented class to present professional development training to
colleagues regarding whole-grade acceleration. Which of the following resources is
most reliable for the teacher to use when designing the presentation?
✔✔Exposing the student to advanced content that requires conceptual thinking - ✔✔A
precocious fourth-grade student demonstrates characteristics of profound giftedness in
