D002 unit 3 UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is the CEC? - CORRECT ANSWER - The council for Exceptional Children
What is OSEP? - CORRECT ANSWER - Office of Special Education Programs
What is the mission of OSEP? - CORRECT ANSWER - To lead the nation's efforts to
improve outcomes for children with disabilities, birth through 21, and their families, ensuring
access to fair, equitable, and high-quality education and services.
What is the mission of the CEC? - CORRECT ANSWER - To define what a new teacher
must know and be able to do to begin teaching.
What is stage 1 of CEC? - CORRECT ANSWER - Learner Development and Individual
Learning Differences: Beginning special education professionals understand how
exceptionalities may interact with development and learning and use this knowledge to provide
meaningful and challenging learning experiences for individuals with exceptionalities.
What is stage two of cec? - CORRECT ANSWER - Learning Environments: Beginning
special education professionals create safe, inclusive, culturally responsive learning
environments so that individuals with exceptionalities become active and effective learners and
develop emotional well being, positive social interactions, and self-determination.
What is stage three of cec? - CORRECT ANSWER - Curricular Content Knowledge:
Beginning special education professionals use knowledge of general and specialized curricula to
individualize learning for individuals with exceptionalities.
What is stage four of cec? - CORRECT ANSWER - Assessment: Beginning special
education professionals use multiple methods of assessment and data sources in making
educational decisions.
, What is stage five of cec? - CORRECT ANSWER - Instructional Planning and Strategies:
Beginning special education professionals select, adapt, and use a repertoire of evidence-based
instructional strategies to advance learning of individuals with exceptionalities.
What is stage six of cec? - CORRECT ANSWER - Professional Learning and Ethical
Practice: Beginning special education professionals use foundational knowledge of the field and
their professional ethical principles and practice standards to inform special education practice,
to engage in lifelong learning, and to advance the profession.
How should professional development be designed and implemented? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Teachers should take ownership of their own professional development.
Portfolio Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - Writing samples may be collected over
time to show the development of writing skills.
performance assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - Knowledge or skills are evaluated by
having students perform an experiment, demonstrate a skill, or develop a product to show their
understanding.
Curriculum-Based Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - Students' performance is
compared to that of classroom or school peers, not to a national sample, as is the case for most
norm-referenced tests.
Differentiated Instruction - CORRECT ANSWER - The what and how of instruction is
tailored to the student learning needs and preferences.
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) - CORRECT ANSWER - Learning activities
provide multiple means of representation or modes of presentation (e.g., auditory, visual, varying
levels of complexity, and multiple means of action and expression).
What are the four ethical principles of National Association of School Psychologists? -
CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Respect for the dignity of persons
2. Professional competence and responsibility (responsible caring and beneficence)
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is the CEC? - CORRECT ANSWER - The council for Exceptional Children
What is OSEP? - CORRECT ANSWER - Office of Special Education Programs
What is the mission of OSEP? - CORRECT ANSWER - To lead the nation's efforts to
improve outcomes for children with disabilities, birth through 21, and their families, ensuring
access to fair, equitable, and high-quality education and services.
What is the mission of the CEC? - CORRECT ANSWER - To define what a new teacher
must know and be able to do to begin teaching.
What is stage 1 of CEC? - CORRECT ANSWER - Learner Development and Individual
Learning Differences: Beginning special education professionals understand how
exceptionalities may interact with development and learning and use this knowledge to provide
meaningful and challenging learning experiences for individuals with exceptionalities.
What is stage two of cec? - CORRECT ANSWER - Learning Environments: Beginning
special education professionals create safe, inclusive, culturally responsive learning
environments so that individuals with exceptionalities become active and effective learners and
develop emotional well being, positive social interactions, and self-determination.
What is stage three of cec? - CORRECT ANSWER - Curricular Content Knowledge:
Beginning special education professionals use knowledge of general and specialized curricula to
individualize learning for individuals with exceptionalities.
What is stage four of cec? - CORRECT ANSWER - Assessment: Beginning special
education professionals use multiple methods of assessment and data sources in making
educational decisions.
, What is stage five of cec? - CORRECT ANSWER - Instructional Planning and Strategies:
Beginning special education professionals select, adapt, and use a repertoire of evidence-based
instructional strategies to advance learning of individuals with exceptionalities.
What is stage six of cec? - CORRECT ANSWER - Professional Learning and Ethical
Practice: Beginning special education professionals use foundational knowledge of the field and
their professional ethical principles and practice standards to inform special education practice,
to engage in lifelong learning, and to advance the profession.
How should professional development be designed and implemented? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Teachers should take ownership of their own professional development.
Portfolio Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - Writing samples may be collected over
time to show the development of writing skills.
performance assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - Knowledge or skills are evaluated by
having students perform an experiment, demonstrate a skill, or develop a product to show their
understanding.
Curriculum-Based Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - Students' performance is
compared to that of classroom or school peers, not to a national sample, as is the case for most
norm-referenced tests.
Differentiated Instruction - CORRECT ANSWER - The what and how of instruction is
tailored to the student learning needs and preferences.
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) - CORRECT ANSWER - Learning activities
provide multiple means of representation or modes of presentation (e.g., auditory, visual, varying
levels of complexity, and multiple means of action and expression).
What are the four ethical principles of National Association of School Psychologists? -
CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Respect for the dignity of persons
2. Professional competence and responsibility (responsible caring and beneficence)
