TExES QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
Which of the following is true of the Every Student Succeeds Act?
a. Students are to participate in standardized testing annually between grades 3 and 12.
b. Teachers of special education must have multiple areas of certification.
c. The federal government will determine supports and consequences for low
performing schools.
d. 1% of students per state may be eligible for alternative assessment. ANSWER a
Hazel is a fifth-grade student with spina bifida who uses a wheelchair without any
intellectual impairments. She moved to this new school district and has not made
friends yet. What might the special education teacher suggest?
a. Hazel could sit in a different seat each day at lunch to make some new friends.
b. Hazel could also join the Girl Scout troop that already has other girls in 5th grade.
c. Hazel should engage in different hobbies now that are accessible and more
appropriate for individuals in a wheelchair.
d. After school, Hazel should spend her time playing sports video games online to make
new friends. - ANSWER b
Isaiah and Matthew are seated at the same table and often converse with each other
during independent work time, typically being the last two to complete assignments
during class. They rush to complete their work in the last five minutes so that they could
fall in line for going to the computer lab. The teacher attempted a strategy of walking
around the room, praising all of the students who were working; this did nothing to alter
the rate at which they completed their work. Then she implemented a new process
where students do not go to computer lab until the work in class has been checked for
completion and accuracy. She pre-empts this by reminding students of this before
providing the directions for the independent assignment. What type of strategy did their
teacher use?
, a. manipulating the antecedent stimulus
b. shaping the behavior
c. conducting a task analysis
d. manipulating the consequent stimulus - ANSWER d
Which of the following accommodations MAY be provided in a Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act?
a. special education and related services
b. special education related services- occupational therapy, etc.
c. functional academic curriculum
d. research-based interventions - ANSWER a
ESSA, NCLB, and IDEA have greatly impacted how special education services are
delivered. Based on what you have learned, what do you think is the biggest change that
has come about in regards to placement for students receiving special education
services?
a. The students are being placed with grade-level peers for science, social studies, and
electives, but math and language arts are separate because they are foundational to the
other subjects.
b. Placing students in small, specialized classrooms with other similarly-disabled peers
at an increasing rate. The student is continuing to be placed in a general education
setting for elective courses while continuing to be placed in small, specialized
classrooms with similarly disabled peers for core content areas. The rate of placing
students in general education classrooms with typical, grade-level peers is increasing. -
ANSWER d
Ms. Cearing reads aloud in her class and wants to build students' reading
comprehension. Which activity could she choose to accomplish this goal?
Which of the following is true of the Every Student Succeeds Act?
a. Students are to participate in standardized testing annually between grades 3 and 12.
b. Teachers of special education must have multiple areas of certification.
c. The federal government will determine supports and consequences for low
performing schools.
d. 1% of students per state may be eligible for alternative assessment. ANSWER a
Hazel is a fifth-grade student with spina bifida who uses a wheelchair without any
intellectual impairments. She moved to this new school district and has not made
friends yet. What might the special education teacher suggest?
a. Hazel could sit in a different seat each day at lunch to make some new friends.
b. Hazel could also join the Girl Scout troop that already has other girls in 5th grade.
c. Hazel should engage in different hobbies now that are accessible and more
appropriate for individuals in a wheelchair.
d. After school, Hazel should spend her time playing sports video games online to make
new friends. - ANSWER b
Isaiah and Matthew are seated at the same table and often converse with each other
during independent work time, typically being the last two to complete assignments
during class. They rush to complete their work in the last five minutes so that they could
fall in line for going to the computer lab. The teacher attempted a strategy of walking
around the room, praising all of the students who were working; this did nothing to alter
the rate at which they completed their work. Then she implemented a new process
where students do not go to computer lab until the work in class has been checked for
completion and accuracy. She pre-empts this by reminding students of this before
providing the directions for the independent assignment. What type of strategy did their
teacher use?
, a. manipulating the antecedent stimulus
b. shaping the behavior
c. conducting a task analysis
d. manipulating the consequent stimulus - ANSWER d
Which of the following accommodations MAY be provided in a Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act?
a. special education and related services
b. special education related services- occupational therapy, etc.
c. functional academic curriculum
d. research-based interventions - ANSWER a
ESSA, NCLB, and IDEA have greatly impacted how special education services are
delivered. Based on what you have learned, what do you think is the biggest change that
has come about in regards to placement for students receiving special education
services?
a. The students are being placed with grade-level peers for science, social studies, and
electives, but math and language arts are separate because they are foundational to the
other subjects.
b. Placing students in small, specialized classrooms with other similarly-disabled peers
at an increasing rate. The student is continuing to be placed in a general education
setting for elective courses while continuing to be placed in small, specialized
classrooms with similarly disabled peers for core content areas. The rate of placing
students in general education classrooms with typical, grade-level peers is increasing. -
ANSWER d
Ms. Cearing reads aloud in her class and wants to build students' reading
comprehension. Which activity could she choose to accomplish this goal?
