Comprehensive Exam-Masters of School
Psychology (PCOM)
School-based programs have often been implemented with no research to support them - Answer-
According to Merrell, Ervin, and Gimple, what is a concern related to research and/or program
evaluation in schools?
Poverty - Answer-What is the most powerful risk factor that predicts adult dysfunction?
validity - Answer-What refers to the extent to which a test instrument measures what it is designed to
measure?
1:1000 - Answer-According to the NASP model of comprehensive and integrated school psychological
services, what is the recommended ratio of school psychologists to students?
confidently ends where the "public peril begins" - Answer-What describes the ruling in Tarasoff v
Regents of California?
An evidence based practice - Answer-Intervention strategies are selected based on prior research,
professional activities are infused with practiced proven to be effective in improving positive educational
outcomes, and decisions are based upon data, including results of individual measures of outcome
,African American students in the ID category - Answer-Which population is overrepresented in special
education programs and which category do they most likely fall?
school psychologists avoid dual relationships - Answer-A co-worker asks you (the school psychologist) to
evaluate her son, who has been having some academic difficulties in the middle school. You refuse to do
the evaluation, based upon what ethical principle?
Exclusionary clause of SLD in IDEA - Answer-The evaluation team must determine that a severe
discrepancy between ability and achievement is not the result of cultural difference, economic
disadvantage, or social or emotional factors
Outcomes of school based consultation - Answer-remediation of a student problem, improvement of a
teacher's ability to handle future problems, and enhancement of collaborative relationships among
school personnel
cultural fairness of assessment procedures - Answer-A fifth-grade student with limited English
proficiency has recently moved into your school district. His classroom teacher has observed that he has
significant problems with academic performance and with peer interactions and would like him to be
evaluated by the school psychologist. What would be a primary consideration with testing this student
the field being predominately female - Answer-current trends over the past 20-30 years in the
demographics of the school psychology profession include
ADHD - Answer-what is NOT identified as an educational disability, according to IDEA?
placement in LRE - Answer-the most important consideration in the development of Individualized
Education Programs (IEP's)?
inconsistencies in diagnosing learning disabilities, a need for earlier identification of students at-risk for
learning problems, and lack of linkage between classification and interventions - Answer-What issues
, are at stake when using intelligence-achievement discrepancy model over response to intervention (RTI)
model when identifying students with SLD
Achievement test - Answer-Assessment instrument most useful in determining the intervention needs
for students with SLD
defining the problem - Answer-According to the problem-solving model, what is the first step in its
application?
consultation and collaboration - Answer-According to the NASP Model for Comprehensive and
Integrated School Psychological Services, what is also a practice domain that permeates all aspects of
service delivery
Alfred Binet - Answer-What name is most closely associated with the initial development of IQ testing?
compulsory education - Answer-What event most influenced an increased need for school psychological
services at the beginning of the 20th century?
provides comprehensive guidelines for the practice of school psychology - Answer-The NASP Model for
Comprehensive and Integrated School Psychological
Services, published by the National Association of School Psychologists in 2010, does what?
school psychs have more advanced training in the areas of individual assessment and intervention -
Answer-How does the role of a school psychologist differ from that of a school counselor?
NASP - Answer-The largest professional organization that represents school psychs
Psychology (PCOM)
School-based programs have often been implemented with no research to support them - Answer-
According to Merrell, Ervin, and Gimple, what is a concern related to research and/or program
evaluation in schools?
Poverty - Answer-What is the most powerful risk factor that predicts adult dysfunction?
validity - Answer-What refers to the extent to which a test instrument measures what it is designed to
measure?
1:1000 - Answer-According to the NASP model of comprehensive and integrated school psychological
services, what is the recommended ratio of school psychologists to students?
confidently ends where the "public peril begins" - Answer-What describes the ruling in Tarasoff v
Regents of California?
An evidence based practice - Answer-Intervention strategies are selected based on prior research,
professional activities are infused with practiced proven to be effective in improving positive educational
outcomes, and decisions are based upon data, including results of individual measures of outcome
,African American students in the ID category - Answer-Which population is overrepresented in special
education programs and which category do they most likely fall?
school psychologists avoid dual relationships - Answer-A co-worker asks you (the school psychologist) to
evaluate her son, who has been having some academic difficulties in the middle school. You refuse to do
the evaluation, based upon what ethical principle?
Exclusionary clause of SLD in IDEA - Answer-The evaluation team must determine that a severe
discrepancy between ability and achievement is not the result of cultural difference, economic
disadvantage, or social or emotional factors
Outcomes of school based consultation - Answer-remediation of a student problem, improvement of a
teacher's ability to handle future problems, and enhancement of collaborative relationships among
school personnel
cultural fairness of assessment procedures - Answer-A fifth-grade student with limited English
proficiency has recently moved into your school district. His classroom teacher has observed that he has
significant problems with academic performance and with peer interactions and would like him to be
evaluated by the school psychologist. What would be a primary consideration with testing this student
the field being predominately female - Answer-current trends over the past 20-30 years in the
demographics of the school psychology profession include
ADHD - Answer-what is NOT identified as an educational disability, according to IDEA?
placement in LRE - Answer-the most important consideration in the development of Individualized
Education Programs (IEP's)?
inconsistencies in diagnosing learning disabilities, a need for earlier identification of students at-risk for
learning problems, and lack of linkage between classification and interventions - Answer-What issues
, are at stake when using intelligence-achievement discrepancy model over response to intervention (RTI)
model when identifying students with SLD
Achievement test - Answer-Assessment instrument most useful in determining the intervention needs
for students with SLD
defining the problem - Answer-According to the problem-solving model, what is the first step in its
application?
consultation and collaboration - Answer-According to the NASP Model for Comprehensive and
Integrated School Psychological Services, what is also a practice domain that permeates all aspects of
service delivery
Alfred Binet - Answer-What name is most closely associated with the initial development of IQ testing?
compulsory education - Answer-What event most influenced an increased need for school psychological
services at the beginning of the 20th century?
provides comprehensive guidelines for the practice of school psychology - Answer-The NASP Model for
Comprehensive and Integrated School Psychological
Services, published by the National Association of School Psychologists in 2010, does what?
school psychs have more advanced training in the areas of individual assessment and intervention -
Answer-How does the role of a school psychologist differ from that of a school counselor?
NASP - Answer-The largest professional organization that represents school psychs
