EDF ASSESSMENT SCRIPT 2026 VERIFIED
ANSWERS COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
◉ Research shows that teachers skilled in pedagogy:
Answer: outperform teachers with superior subject area knowledge.
◉ For teachers involved in gifted education programs, one of the key
tasks to accomplish is:
Answer: promoting a sense of community that reduces student
anxiety and alienation.
◉ Which principle of special education implies that educational
goals designed for a child must align with his or her learning needs?
Answer: Individualized education program
◉ Although U.S. middle school students may lag behind their
Japanese counterparts in international algebra tests, the differences
disappear on later tests due to the:
Answer: greater comparative effectiveness of U.S. colleges.
◉ Which of the following is a reason that influences individuals to
choose teaching as a profession?
Answer: Desire to work with young people
,◉ Jean is a student in the fifth grade. She is very aware of how she
feels emotionally, and has a clear idea of her strengths and her
limitations. She has a natural ability to use this knowledge to guide
her behavior in the class. Considering this description, it can be
concluded that Jean has:
Answer: intrapersonal intelligence.
◉ In the context of how teachers are prepared today, there is:
Answer: no consensus on how to best prepare teachers.
◉ Paula is a high school music teacher who is known for her
involvement and commitment to her students and to her school. She
is constantly working with other teachers and administrators so that
they can have the best instruction, curriculum, and staff
development possible. She also reaches out through her music
program to involve parents and the community to make sure that
these groups are engaged with the school and feel like they have a
stake in what is going on there. Which of the core propositions of the
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards do Paula's
actions most closely refl
Answer: Teachers are members of learning communities.
◉ Procedural due process refers to the:
,Answer: principle that upholds the right of students with disabilities
to protest a school's decisions about their education.
◉ One of the recommendations to strengthen the Teach for America
(TFA) program is to:
Answer: increase classroom support for TFA participants as they
teach
◉ Unlike traditional teacher preparation programs, alternative
teaching programs
Answer: focus on structured apprenticeship.
◉ Alice is a teacher who has just finished her fourth year of teaching.
At the end of that year, Alice was informed that she would be granted
tenure. From this point, Alice can expect:
Answer: protection from arbitrary dismissal.
◉ Normal schools were important because they:
Answer: represented the earliest form of professional teacher
education
◉ Which of the following is true of students receiving special
education?
, Answer: Boys are more likely to receive special educational services
as compared to girls.
◉ Demonstrating strong existential intelligence indicates that a
person has the ability to
Answer: formulate fundamental questions about life, death, and who
they are.
◉ The principle of nondiscriminatory education:
Answer: supports the ban on tests that are culturally biased.
◉ Grace Fernald, Marianne Frostig, and Heinz Werner are noted for
pioneering research in the field of _____.
Answer: special education
◉ Students who embrace an incremental view of intelligence are
most likely to:
Answer: explore inventive strategies to solve a problem.
◉ One of the reasons that teachers feel uncertain about educating
special needs students is that they
Answer: do not always get adequate resources to work with special
needs students
ANSWERS COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
◉ Research shows that teachers skilled in pedagogy:
Answer: outperform teachers with superior subject area knowledge.
◉ For teachers involved in gifted education programs, one of the key
tasks to accomplish is:
Answer: promoting a sense of community that reduces student
anxiety and alienation.
◉ Which principle of special education implies that educational
goals designed for a child must align with his or her learning needs?
Answer: Individualized education program
◉ Although U.S. middle school students may lag behind their
Japanese counterparts in international algebra tests, the differences
disappear on later tests due to the:
Answer: greater comparative effectiveness of U.S. colleges.
◉ Which of the following is a reason that influences individuals to
choose teaching as a profession?
Answer: Desire to work with young people
,◉ Jean is a student in the fifth grade. She is very aware of how she
feels emotionally, and has a clear idea of her strengths and her
limitations. She has a natural ability to use this knowledge to guide
her behavior in the class. Considering this description, it can be
concluded that Jean has:
Answer: intrapersonal intelligence.
◉ In the context of how teachers are prepared today, there is:
Answer: no consensus on how to best prepare teachers.
◉ Paula is a high school music teacher who is known for her
involvement and commitment to her students and to her school. She
is constantly working with other teachers and administrators so that
they can have the best instruction, curriculum, and staff
development possible. She also reaches out through her music
program to involve parents and the community to make sure that
these groups are engaged with the school and feel like they have a
stake in what is going on there. Which of the core propositions of the
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards do Paula's
actions most closely refl
Answer: Teachers are members of learning communities.
◉ Procedural due process refers to the:
,Answer: principle that upholds the right of students with disabilities
to protest a school's decisions about their education.
◉ One of the recommendations to strengthen the Teach for America
(TFA) program is to:
Answer: increase classroom support for TFA participants as they
teach
◉ Unlike traditional teacher preparation programs, alternative
teaching programs
Answer: focus on structured apprenticeship.
◉ Alice is a teacher who has just finished her fourth year of teaching.
At the end of that year, Alice was informed that she would be granted
tenure. From this point, Alice can expect:
Answer: protection from arbitrary dismissal.
◉ Normal schools were important because they:
Answer: represented the earliest form of professional teacher
education
◉ Which of the following is true of students receiving special
education?
, Answer: Boys are more likely to receive special educational services
as compared to girls.
◉ Demonstrating strong existential intelligence indicates that a
person has the ability to
Answer: formulate fundamental questions about life, death, and who
they are.
◉ The principle of nondiscriminatory education:
Answer: supports the ban on tests that are culturally biased.
◉ Grace Fernald, Marianne Frostig, and Heinz Werner are noted for
pioneering research in the field of _____.
Answer: special education
◉ Students who embrace an incremental view of intelligence are
most likely to:
Answer: explore inventive strategies to solve a problem.
◉ One of the reasons that teachers feel uncertain about educating
special needs students is that they
Answer: do not always get adequate resources to work with special
needs students
