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EAS Exam Study Guide 2025 |Certified Exam
Questions And Answers | Excellent Scores
Culturally relevant - Correct-answer-relevant to their students, by studying
students' own ethnic, racial, and cultural groups' contributions to American
history and culture
Culturally compatible - Correct-answer-recognize cultural expectations and
norms about social interaction and communication
Self-reflection - Correct-answer-video record lessons, writing self-reflections, and
get feedback to reflect on your own teaching
Sheltered instruction - Correct-answer-the use of clear, direct, simple English and
wide range of scaffolding strategies to communicate meaningful input in the
content area to ELLs above the beginner level.
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Contextual supports - Correct-answer-Provide visual cues to help students learn
new words or content. Using visual aids and other contextual cues
Teaching vocabulary - Correct-answer-give students explicit vocabulary
instruction plus guided practice and practice opportunities
Teaching comprehension strategies - Correct-answer-using context clues,
identifying the main idea, and self-monitory to support reading comprehension
Differentiating instruction - Correct-answer-Adjusting instruction to meet the
needs and learning styles of individuals or groups of learners.
Educational challenges for low-income students - Correct-answer--basic needs
not met
-few or no books
-computers
-limited transportation
-less access to tutors, museums and other enrichment opportunities
-homelessness
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-poor nutrition
SIFE - Correct-answer-Student w/Interrupted Formal Education
1) 2+ years interrupted education in home country
2) students who have attended school in US, gone home, come back
3) students who have jumped between L1 and L2 instruction
4) students with ineffective instruction in US schools
5) students who have moved schools often.
LEP - Correct-answer-Limited English Proficiency
-Speak languages other than English because of foreign ancestry or birth.
-Understand and speak little or no English
-Score below the ELP level designate by the state
ELP - Correct-answer-English Language Proficiency
-defined from the NYSESLAT
L1 - Correct-answer-Receives instruction in their native language.
EAS Exam Study Guide 2025 |Certified Exam
Questions And Answers | Excellent Scores
Culturally relevant - Correct-answer-relevant to their students, by studying
students' own ethnic, racial, and cultural groups' contributions to American
history and culture
Culturally compatible - Correct-answer-recognize cultural expectations and
norms about social interaction and communication
Self-reflection - Correct-answer-video record lessons, writing self-reflections, and
get feedback to reflect on your own teaching
Sheltered instruction - Correct-answer-the use of clear, direct, simple English and
wide range of scaffolding strategies to communicate meaningful input in the
content area to ELLs above the beginner level.
,2|Page
Contextual supports - Correct-answer-Provide visual cues to help students learn
new words or content. Using visual aids and other contextual cues
Teaching vocabulary - Correct-answer-give students explicit vocabulary
instruction plus guided practice and practice opportunities
Teaching comprehension strategies - Correct-answer-using context clues,
identifying the main idea, and self-monitory to support reading comprehension
Differentiating instruction - Correct-answer-Adjusting instruction to meet the
needs and learning styles of individuals or groups of learners.
Educational challenges for low-income students - Correct-answer--basic needs
not met
-few or no books
-computers
-limited transportation
-less access to tutors, museums and other enrichment opportunities
-homelessness
, 3|Page
-poor nutrition
SIFE - Correct-answer-Student w/Interrupted Formal Education
1) 2+ years interrupted education in home country
2) students who have attended school in US, gone home, come back
3) students who have jumped between L1 and L2 instruction
4) students with ineffective instruction in US schools
5) students who have moved schools often.
LEP - Correct-answer-Limited English Proficiency
-Speak languages other than English because of foreign ancestry or birth.
-Understand and speak little or no English
-Score below the ELP level designate by the state
ELP - Correct-answer-English Language Proficiency
-defined from the NYSESLAT
L1 - Correct-answer-Receives instruction in their native language.
