PPR 2018 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
REVIEWED ANSWERS
It is Ms. Jones first time to assist in administering the STAAR test in her middle school.
She attended training and is confident that she can follow the state-mandated
procedures for administering the state assessment. Which of the following would be a
violation of the state-mandated procedures for STAAR testing? - Answer-Review each
answer document and erasing stray marks so that the intended answer can be scored.
Which of the following is allowed according to the national guidelines established for fair
use? - Answer-Copying only a small portion of a book needed for teaching a concept.
HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is a United States federal law
that governs access to health care. Of the following HIPAA components, which would a
teacher confront most often? - Answer-Requires the protection and confidential handling
of protected health information
Hun Ye is a third grade English language learner. During a read aloud of a grade-level
text, he understands most of the main points and supporting details. He still relies on
illustrations and some language support to help create meaning. Hun Ye is most likely
at which level for English language in listening proficiency: - Answer-Advanced
In grade K-1 TELPAS/ELPS rating categories, which of the following best describes an
ELL student at the intermediate level of proficiency in reading: - Answer-Students have
a limited ability to use the English language to build foundational reading skills.
Which of the following best describes the ELPS-TELPAS intermediate level descriptor
for grades 2-12 writing: - Answer-Students have enough English vocabulary and
enough grasp of the English language structures to address grade level writing tasks in
a limited way.
Which of the following characteristics would an intermediate level of English-language
proficiency in speaking demonstrate:
Relying heavily on recently practiced or memorized material when communicating in
English with peers. - Answer-Exhibiting errors that may hinder communication when
using less familiar or complex English.
A high school English teacher has several ELL students who are at the beginning level
of language proficiency. To most appropriately accommodate instruction for the ELLs
when teaching a lesson on verb tense, the teacher should: - Answer-Write examples of
present activity based sentences.
, In the TELPAS process, all schools are required to acquire writing samples from
students. These are based on real time activities and schools are required to retrieve
five total samples. These samples must include which of the following: - Answer-At least
one that uses past tense and at least two from either math, science or social studies.
A middle school science class has several intermediate level English language
proficiency students. The class is about to begin a vocabulary activity prior to a new
experiment. The teacher names, labels and models the use of each piece of equipment
needed to complete the project. The teacher is primarily including which of the following
linguistic accommodations in the instruction? - Answer-Incorporating visuals
Providing students with various tools based on their level of understanding of a topic is
an example of which instructional strategy? - Answer-Scaffolding
Mrs. Ramirez has her students gathering data about the price of school lunches over
time in the United States. The students are considering factors like geographic region,
food options offered, the basic economic climate, and year. The students are using
spreadsheet software and the internet to make sense of their data. She develops some
self-assessment questions for the students to help the students track their
understanding and progress during this long-term project.
Which of the following activities would provide an opportunity for students to make
predictions about the price of school lunches? - Answer-After graphing the data,
identifying the two factors that have the greatest impact on the price of school lunches
and determine if prices will rise or fall.
After a long research project, a teacher has her students fill out a post project report that
looks like the following:
Post Project Report:
Write and submit by the end of the Day 16 a one-page report that answers the following
questions:
What part of this project was most challenging?
What was the most interesting part of the project?
What do you wish you had done differently?
Which of the following skills are the students developing as the complete the post
project report? - Answer-Reflection
Mrs. Toups, a 5th grade teacher in an advanced math classroom is using an online
stock market simulation to teach her students about economics. Students have
$100,000 to invest in the stock simulation and they must track their investments
overtime. During the project, her students will work independently to address the
economics and technology objectives. Many of her students are unfamiliar with the
stock market, so this is a challenge that her project faces.
To prepare, Mrs. Toups creates the following lesson sequence for the project:
REVIEWED ANSWERS
It is Ms. Jones first time to assist in administering the STAAR test in her middle school.
She attended training and is confident that she can follow the state-mandated
procedures for administering the state assessment. Which of the following would be a
violation of the state-mandated procedures for STAAR testing? - Answer-Review each
answer document and erasing stray marks so that the intended answer can be scored.
Which of the following is allowed according to the national guidelines established for fair
use? - Answer-Copying only a small portion of a book needed for teaching a concept.
HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is a United States federal law
that governs access to health care. Of the following HIPAA components, which would a
teacher confront most often? - Answer-Requires the protection and confidential handling
of protected health information
Hun Ye is a third grade English language learner. During a read aloud of a grade-level
text, he understands most of the main points and supporting details. He still relies on
illustrations and some language support to help create meaning. Hun Ye is most likely
at which level for English language in listening proficiency: - Answer-Advanced
In grade K-1 TELPAS/ELPS rating categories, which of the following best describes an
ELL student at the intermediate level of proficiency in reading: - Answer-Students have
a limited ability to use the English language to build foundational reading skills.
Which of the following best describes the ELPS-TELPAS intermediate level descriptor
for grades 2-12 writing: - Answer-Students have enough English vocabulary and
enough grasp of the English language structures to address grade level writing tasks in
a limited way.
Which of the following characteristics would an intermediate level of English-language
proficiency in speaking demonstrate:
Relying heavily on recently practiced or memorized material when communicating in
English with peers. - Answer-Exhibiting errors that may hinder communication when
using less familiar or complex English.
A high school English teacher has several ELL students who are at the beginning level
of language proficiency. To most appropriately accommodate instruction for the ELLs
when teaching a lesson on verb tense, the teacher should: - Answer-Write examples of
present activity based sentences.
, In the TELPAS process, all schools are required to acquire writing samples from
students. These are based on real time activities and schools are required to retrieve
five total samples. These samples must include which of the following: - Answer-At least
one that uses past tense and at least two from either math, science or social studies.
A middle school science class has several intermediate level English language
proficiency students. The class is about to begin a vocabulary activity prior to a new
experiment. The teacher names, labels and models the use of each piece of equipment
needed to complete the project. The teacher is primarily including which of the following
linguistic accommodations in the instruction? - Answer-Incorporating visuals
Providing students with various tools based on their level of understanding of a topic is
an example of which instructional strategy? - Answer-Scaffolding
Mrs. Ramirez has her students gathering data about the price of school lunches over
time in the United States. The students are considering factors like geographic region,
food options offered, the basic economic climate, and year. The students are using
spreadsheet software and the internet to make sense of their data. She develops some
self-assessment questions for the students to help the students track their
understanding and progress during this long-term project.
Which of the following activities would provide an opportunity for students to make
predictions about the price of school lunches? - Answer-After graphing the data,
identifying the two factors that have the greatest impact on the price of school lunches
and determine if prices will rise or fall.
After a long research project, a teacher has her students fill out a post project report that
looks like the following:
Post Project Report:
Write and submit by the end of the Day 16 a one-page report that answers the following
questions:
What part of this project was most challenging?
What was the most interesting part of the project?
What do you wish you had done differently?
Which of the following skills are the students developing as the complete the post
project report? - Answer-Reflection
Mrs. Toups, a 5th grade teacher in an advanced math classroom is using an online
stock market simulation to teach her students about economics. Students have
$100,000 to invest in the stock simulation and they must track their investments
overtime. During the project, her students will work independently to address the
economics and technology objectives. Many of her students are unfamiliar with the
stock market, so this is a challenge that her project faces.
To prepare, Mrs. Toups creates the following lesson sequence for the project:
