TSI ASSESSMENT PRACTICE READING TEST
BANK SOLUTION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ School districts and other public agencies must follow specific rules
to ensure that students are assessed in all areas related to their suspected
disabilities.
Which requirements must the evaluation materials meet?
(Select two). Answer: Materials are tailored to assess specific areas of
educational need.
Materials are not racially or culturally discriminatory.
⩥ Identify the missing baseline information in the statement below.
Gary is a 10-year-old fifth-grader. He can sit in a small group with visual
supports and is easily redirected. Answer: Part B of this statement is
missing or incomplete
⩥ What is the purpose of short-term intervention goals in relation to rate
of growth? Answer: They are meant to help students come closer to
grade-level performance
⩥ Match the type of evidence of validity to its definition.
1. Evidence based on internal structures.
,2. Evidence based on relations to other variables.
3. Evidence based on the consequences of testings.
4. Evidence based on response processes
5. Evidence based on test content. Answer: 1. The way a test's item
represents the total score.
2. The relationship of a new test's results to other tests
3. How test scores are used
4. How student's answer and how examiners score responses.
5. The wording of content
⩥ Affect, Impact, or Adverse Impacts Statements
Read the following statement and identify each of the parts. (Match
Below)
Jane's progress in the fifth-grade ELA general education curriculum is
affected by the concerns because she is working two years below grade
level. She does not have the prerequisite skills to comprehend the new
fifth-grade skills presented. She is not able to apply the skills in guided
practice, and she is falling further behind.
1. What is the general education curriculum level or expectation in
Jane's current placement?
2. What specific skill deficits does she display? To what degree?
3. What is the Affect? Answer: 1. Jane's progress in the fifth-grade
general education curriculum is affected by the concerns because she is
working two years below grade level.
,2. She does not have prerequisite skills to learn to new fifth-grade skills
presented. She is not able to apply the skills in guided practice.
3. She is falling further behind.
⩥ What is the definition of an individualized education program?
Answer: A written document that focuses on academics and functional
performance.
⩥ Which of the following adaptations are not expected to influence
student performance in a way that alters the interpretation of either
criterion- or norm-referenced test scores? Answer: Read directions
aloud.
⩥ What is achievement testing? Answer: Achievement testing assess
what students know and should be able to do in content areas.
⩥ Contradictions should be eliminated as a data point because they skew
the trend line. Answer: False
⩥ Which approach to setting instructional goals relies on benchmarking?
Answer: Comparison approaches
⩥ What can progress monitoring be used to do?
Select two. Answer: Help develop appropriate and specific annual
Individualized Education Program (IEP) goals.
, Make decisions about instructional changes for individuals who are not
progressing toward specified goals.
⩥ All progress monitoring is required to be systematic and objective.
Answer: False
⩥ Organize these typical stages of prereferral activities into the order
they would normally occur.
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5 Answer: Stage 1-Make a formal request for services
Stage 2 Clarify the problem
Stage 3 Design intervention
Stage 4 Implement the interventions
Stage 5 Evaluate the interventions' effects
⩥ Through the special education assessment process, Choose...
recommendations are made regarding educational needs, placement, and
services. Answer: Recommendations
⩥ Intelligence tests base their scores on___________. Answer: interval
scale
BANK SOLUTION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ School districts and other public agencies must follow specific rules
to ensure that students are assessed in all areas related to their suspected
disabilities.
Which requirements must the evaluation materials meet?
(Select two). Answer: Materials are tailored to assess specific areas of
educational need.
Materials are not racially or culturally discriminatory.
⩥ Identify the missing baseline information in the statement below.
Gary is a 10-year-old fifth-grader. He can sit in a small group with visual
supports and is easily redirected. Answer: Part B of this statement is
missing or incomplete
⩥ What is the purpose of short-term intervention goals in relation to rate
of growth? Answer: They are meant to help students come closer to
grade-level performance
⩥ Match the type of evidence of validity to its definition.
1. Evidence based on internal structures.
,2. Evidence based on relations to other variables.
3. Evidence based on the consequences of testings.
4. Evidence based on response processes
5. Evidence based on test content. Answer: 1. The way a test's item
represents the total score.
2. The relationship of a new test's results to other tests
3. How test scores are used
4. How student's answer and how examiners score responses.
5. The wording of content
⩥ Affect, Impact, or Adverse Impacts Statements
Read the following statement and identify each of the parts. (Match
Below)
Jane's progress in the fifth-grade ELA general education curriculum is
affected by the concerns because she is working two years below grade
level. She does not have the prerequisite skills to comprehend the new
fifth-grade skills presented. She is not able to apply the skills in guided
practice, and she is falling further behind.
1. What is the general education curriculum level or expectation in
Jane's current placement?
2. What specific skill deficits does she display? To what degree?
3. What is the Affect? Answer: 1. Jane's progress in the fifth-grade
general education curriculum is affected by the concerns because she is
working two years below grade level.
,2. She does not have prerequisite skills to learn to new fifth-grade skills
presented. She is not able to apply the skills in guided practice.
3. She is falling further behind.
⩥ What is the definition of an individualized education program?
Answer: A written document that focuses on academics and functional
performance.
⩥ Which of the following adaptations are not expected to influence
student performance in a way that alters the interpretation of either
criterion- or norm-referenced test scores? Answer: Read directions
aloud.
⩥ What is achievement testing? Answer: Achievement testing assess
what students know and should be able to do in content areas.
⩥ Contradictions should be eliminated as a data point because they skew
the trend line. Answer: False
⩥ Which approach to setting instructional goals relies on benchmarking?
Answer: Comparison approaches
⩥ What can progress monitoring be used to do?
Select two. Answer: Help develop appropriate and specific annual
Individualized Education Program (IEP) goals.
, Make decisions about instructional changes for individuals who are not
progressing toward specified goals.
⩥ All progress monitoring is required to be systematic and objective.
Answer: False
⩥ Organize these typical stages of prereferral activities into the order
they would normally occur.
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5 Answer: Stage 1-Make a formal request for services
Stage 2 Clarify the problem
Stage 3 Design intervention
Stage 4 Implement the interventions
Stage 5 Evaluate the interventions' effects
⩥ Through the special education assessment process, Choose...
recommendations are made regarding educational needs, placement, and
services. Answer: Recommendations
⩥ Intelligence tests base their scores on___________. Answer: interval
scale
