FTCE Professional Education 5 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A student with an IEP is consistently failing to meet annual goals. What should the IEP team do?
- Remove the goals and replace them with simpler ones
- Meet to review the IEP and revise goals, services, or placement as needed (Correct answer)
- Wait until the annual review to make any changes
- Refer the student for a new psychological evaluation before making changes
Correct answer: Meet to review the IEP and revise goals, services, or placement as needed
IDEA allows and requires IEP teams to reconvene and amend the IEP at any time when a student is not making adequate progress toward goals.
Question 2: Which behavior management approach focuses on teaching expected behaviors explicitly and acknowledging positive behavior school-wide?
- Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
- Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) (Correct answer)
- Assertive Discipline
- Love and Logic
Correct answer: Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
PBIS is a tiered, proactive framework that defines and teaches expected behaviors and uses acknowledgment systems to reinforce them across all school settings.
Question 3: A student from a low-income household receives free lunch, has limited English proficiency, and has an IEP. Which federal program specifically addresses the academic needs of students from disadvantaged backgrounds?
- IDEA Part B
- Title III of ESSA
- Title I of ESSA (Correct answer)
- Section 504
Correct answer: Title I of ESSA
Title I of the Every Student Succeeds Act provides federal funding to schools with high percentages of students from low-income families to improve academic achievement.
Question 4: A high school teacher uses anchor activities so that early finishers stay engaged while others complete tasks. This is BEST described as:
- Summative assessment planning
- Classroom management through differentiation (Correct answer)
- Cooperative grouping strategy
- Formative re-teaching
Correct answer: Classroom management through differentiation
Anchor activities are ongoing tasks students work on independently when they finish assigned work, supporting management and differentiation simultaneously.
Question 5: Under Florida law, a teacher who suspects a colleague is abusing a student is required to:
- Report the suspicion to the principal and let administration handle it
- Report directly to the Florida Abuse Hotline regardless of what the principal says (Correct answer)
- Document the suspicion and submit a written report to HR within 48 hours
- Confront the colleague first to verify the suspicion before reporting
Correct answer: Report directly to the Florida Abuse Hotline regardless of what the principal says
Florida's mandatory reporting law (F.S. 39.201) requires each mandatory reporter to call the Hotline personally; reporting to a supervisor does not fulfill the legal obligation.
Question 6: Which instructional strategy BEST supports metacognitive development in students?
- Providing detailed lecture notes for students to copy
- Having students set learning goals and reflect on their own progress (Correct answer)
- Grouping students by prior achievement for targeted review
- Using timed drills to automatize foundational skills
Correct answer: Having students set learning goals and reflect on their own progress
Metacognition involves awareness and regulation of one's own thinking; goal-setting and self-reflection are core practices that develop these skills.
Question 7: A teacher's classroom management plan should PRIMARILY be designed to:
- Minimize the need for student interaction
- Create a safe, structured environment that maximizes learning time (Correct answer)
- Establish the teacher's authority and control
- Reduce the number of disciplinary referrals sent to the office
Correct answer: Create a safe, structured environment that maximizes learning time
Effective classroom management creates conditions for learning by establishing routines, expectations, and a positive climate that maximizes instructional time.
FTCE Professional Education 5
A student with an IEP is consistently failing to meet annual goals.
What should the IEP team do?