The most frequently suggested alternative to traditional IQ-achievement discrepancy approaches for
identifying students with learning disabilities is:
a. IDEA
b. IEP
c. RTI
d. ABA - Answers c. RTI
At minimum, how often must an IEP be reviewed by the IEP team?
a. annually
b. every 3 years
c. monthly
d. two times a year - Answers a. Annually
Mr. G teaches an 8th grade language arts class. He has collaborated with the special education teacher
to measure the reading fluency of four students in his class who struggle with reading. Each week, they
use 100-word passages from the reading curriculum and record fluency rates over time. This type of
performance is called:
a. weekly portfolio
b. learning log
c. curriculum based measurement
d. progress chart - Answers curriculum based measurement
What are instructional and curricular adaptations?
a. working with a variety of professionals
b. accessing resources, collaborating with other professionals, integrating technology
c. Making learning visible and explicit, using clear, simple language, breaking attest or activity into steps,
and providing multiple ways of demonstrating learning
d. a variety of grouping strategies that change depending on the goals and objectives for the lessons -
Answers c. Making learning visible and explicit, using clear, simple language, breaking attest or activity
into steps, and providing multiple ways of demonstrating learning.
, Self-determination refers to:
a. an individuals's optimism about the future
b. an individual's well being
c. an individual's motivation to succeed.
d. an individual's ability or opportunity to make important decisions about his or her own life - Answers
c. an individual's motivation to succeed.
Before RTI, the typical method for a student to qualify as having a learning disability was to exhibit a
discrepancy between:
a. IQ and achievement
b. reading and math ability
c. achievement and motivation
d. oral skills and written skills - Answers a. IQ and Achievement
Traditionally, when students first showed signs of struggling academically, or behaviorally, the prevailing
approach was to wait and hope that their progress would improve over time, this is often referred to as:
a. wait for progress method
b. wait to fail model
c. wait to test model
d. stop and wait model - Answers b. wait to fail method
Which of the following choices is not a benefit of progress monitoring?
a. increased learning
b. better communication with family and other professionals
c. more special education referrals
d. improved accountability - Answers c. More special education referrals
Once a month, the RTI team and Live Oak Elementary meets to discuss the progress of struggling
students by analyzing progress monitoring data. Students are moved among tier 1, 2, and 3 instruction
based on their results of progress monitoring measures. Error analysis of specific measures is performed
to determine where students are struggling. Instructional strategies are discussed and suggestions for
modifications are presented. This school is using which type of approach in making instructional
decisions?