FTCE Exceptional Student Education 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which component of an IEP describes the specific, measurable outcomes a student is expected to achieve within a given school year?
- Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance (PLAAFP)
- Annual Goals (Correct answer)
- Related Services
- Transition Services
Correct answer: Annual Goals
Annual Goals are the measurable targets within an IEP that a student is expected to achieve over the course of the school year based on their current performance levels.
Question 2: A student with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) struggles with changes in routine and transitions between activities. Which support strategy is MOST appropriate?
- Eliminate all transitions by keeping the student in one location
- Use visual schedules and advance warnings before transitions (Correct answer)
- Ignore the behavior to avoid reinforcing it
- Place the student in a separate classroom with fewer transitions
Correct answer: Use visual schedules and advance warnings before transitions
Visual schedules and advance warnings provide predictability and help students with ASD prepare for transitions, reducing anxiety and challenging behaviors.
Question 3: Under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, who qualifies for accommodations?
- Only students with IEPs under IDEA
- Students with physical or mental impairments that substantially limit one or more major life activities (Correct answer)
- Only students with documented learning disabilities
- Students who are two grade levels below their peers academically
Correct answer: Students with physical or mental impairments that substantially limit one or more major life activities
Section 504 covers any student with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity, providing a broader eligibility standard than IDEA.
Question 4: Which instructional strategy involves providing students with the highest level of support first and gradually reducing assistance as the student demonstrates mastery?
- Most-to-Least Prompting (Correct answer)
- Least-to-Most Prompting
- Simultaneous Prompting
- Time Delay
Correct answer: Most-to-Least Prompting
Most-to-Least prompting begins with the highest level of assistance and systematically fades support as the student gains independence, preventing errors from the start.
Question 5: A teacher is implementing co-teaching in an inclusive classroom. In the 'One Teach, One Support' model, what is the role of the second teacher?
- Teaching the same content simultaneously to a small group
- Moving around the room to assist individual students while one teacher leads instruction (Correct answer)
- Teaching alternate content to students who need remediation
- Observing and collecting data without direct instructional involvement
Correct answer: Moving around the room to assist individual students while one teacher leads instruction
In the 'One Teach, One Support' co-teaching model, one teacher leads whole-class instruction while the other circulates to provide individual support and assistance.
Question 6: Which of the following is a characteristic of Universal Design for Learning (UDL)?
- Designing instruction after identifying which students have disabilities
- Providing flexible means of representation, expression, and engagement for all learners (Correct answer)
- Creating separate curricula for students with and without disabilities
- Reducing academic expectations for students with learning challenges
Correct answer: Providing flexible means of representation, expression, and engagement for all learners
UDL is a proactive framework that designs instruction with multiple means of representation, action/expression, and engagement to be accessible to all learners from the outset.
Question 7: An ESE teacher is writing a measurable annual IEP goal. Which of the following is the BEST example of a measurable goal?
- The student will improve reading skills
- The student will try harder in math class
- Given a grade-level passage, the student will read 80 words per minute with 95% accuracy by May (Correct answer)
- The student will understand basic addition concepts
Correct answer: Given a grade-level passage, the student will read 80 words per minute with 95% accuracy by May
A measurable IEP goal must include the condition, behavior, and criterion for mastery; 'Given a grade-level passage, the student will read 80 words per minute with 95% accuracy by May' contains all three elements.
FTCE Exceptional Student Education 2
Which component of an IEP describes the specific, measurable outcomes a student is expected to achieve within a given school year?