WGU ELO1 (SUBJECT-SPECIFIC PEDAGOGY)
LATEST 2025-2026 EXAM UPDATE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Office of Civil Rights - Answer-~issued specific guidelines and
mandates:
1 Qualified ESL teachers and evaluations of them
2 Criteria to exit students from ESL services
3 ESL students who qualify for sped
4ESL students who qualify for gt and other specialized programs.
Plyler v. Doe - Answer-Supreme court ruled that regardless of
documentation and citizen status, all children deserve free public
education
NCLB - Answer-~Schools must provide plan and documents of
researched based ESL services
~For ELL's
1 Requires annual assessment of EL's language proficiency
2 schools are expected to meet annual measurable achievement
objectives as determinded by the state.
, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: IDEA - Answer-~EL's need
to be assessed for abilities in the language they are most comfortable
with
~Translators must be provided to inform parents and for the EL's to go
through testing
~Multiple assessments must be included
home language survey (HLS) - Answer-A survey required by the Office
of Civil Rights upon a student's admission to a public school to
determine the predominant language spoken in the student's home.
Horne v Flores - Answer-The Supreme Court declared that federal
equal-education laws are concerned with student outcomes, not financial
inputs. Though the EEOA requires states to take "appropriate action"26
to help ELs from falling behind their non-EL peers, the Court found that
individual states must determine how that obligation will be met, both
financially and programmatically.
FERPA (Family Education Rights and Privacy Act) - Answer-Schools
are prohibited from providing any outside agency—including the
Immigration and Naturalization Service—with any information from a
student's school file that would expose their 6
Chapter 1: Legal Guidelines | August 2016
undocumented status without first obtaining permission from the
student's parents. The only exception is if a court order (subpoena) is
served; however, parents may challenge such an order.13
LATEST 2025-2026 EXAM UPDATE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Office of Civil Rights - Answer-~issued specific guidelines and
mandates:
1 Qualified ESL teachers and evaluations of them
2 Criteria to exit students from ESL services
3 ESL students who qualify for sped
4ESL students who qualify for gt and other specialized programs.
Plyler v. Doe - Answer-Supreme court ruled that regardless of
documentation and citizen status, all children deserve free public
education
NCLB - Answer-~Schools must provide plan and documents of
researched based ESL services
~For ELL's
1 Requires annual assessment of EL's language proficiency
2 schools are expected to meet annual measurable achievement
objectives as determinded by the state.
, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: IDEA - Answer-~EL's need
to be assessed for abilities in the language they are most comfortable
with
~Translators must be provided to inform parents and for the EL's to go
through testing
~Multiple assessments must be included
home language survey (HLS) - Answer-A survey required by the Office
of Civil Rights upon a student's admission to a public school to
determine the predominant language spoken in the student's home.
Horne v Flores - Answer-The Supreme Court declared that federal
equal-education laws are concerned with student outcomes, not financial
inputs. Though the EEOA requires states to take "appropriate action"26
to help ELs from falling behind their non-EL peers, the Court found that
individual states must determine how that obligation will be met, both
financially and programmatically.
FERPA (Family Education Rights and Privacy Act) - Answer-Schools
are prohibited from providing any outside agency—including the
Immigration and Naturalization Service—with any information from a
student's school file that would expose their 6
Chapter 1: Legal Guidelines | August 2016
undocumented status without first obtaining permission from the
student's parents. The only exception is if a court order (subpoena) is
served; however, parents may challenge such an order.13
