GACE Special Education 4

Question 1

A student who is deaf uses American Sign Language (ASL) as their primary language. Under IDEA, the IEP team must consider which communication need?

Accepted Answer

The student's language and communication needs, including opportunities to communicate with peers and professionals in the student's language

Answer

IDEA requires IEP teams to consider the communication needs of students who are deaf or hard of hearing, including opportunities to use their language with peers and professionals.

Question 2

A teacher uses a graphic organizer to help a student with a learning disability organize ideas before writing. This is an example of which instructional support?

Accepted Answer

Accommodation

Answer

A graphic organizer is an accommodation—it changes how a student accesses or demonstrates learning without altering the grade-level content standard.

Question 3

When conducting a reevaluation under IDEA, how often must a student with a disability be reevaluated?

Accepted Answer

At least every 3 years unless parents and the IEP team agree it is unnecessary

Answer

IDEA requires reevaluation at least every three years (triennial), though it may occur more frequently and can be waived if parents and the school agree it is unnecessary.

Question 4

A student with ADHD has difficulty sustaining attention during lengthy reading tasks. Which accommodation would be most directly targeted to this deficit?

Accepted Answer

Breaking reading assignments into shorter segments with frequent breaks

Answer

Breaking tasks into shorter segments directly addresses attention span limitations by reducing the duration of sustained focus required at any one time.

Question 5

Which measurement approach is used to graph a student's progress over time and compare it to a performance aim line to determine if instruction is effective?

Accepted Answer

Curriculum-based measurement (CBM) with progress monitoring

Answer

CBM with progress monitoring uses frequent, brief assessments graphed over time with an aim line to evaluate whether instructional interventions are producing adequate growth.

GACE - Georgia Assessments for the Certification of Educators Practice Test

GACE - Georgia Assessments for the Certification of Educators Practice Test

GACE Special Education 4