RICA English Language Learners and Diverse Learners 2

Question 1

What is the FIRST step a teacher should take when a student with a reading disability is referred for special education services?

Accepted Answer

Ensure the student has received high-quality, evidence-based instruction and document their response to intervention

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Immediately place the student in a special education classroom

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Recommend retention in the current grade

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Reduce reading instruction time to avoid overwhelming the student

Question 2

A student with dyslexia requires which type of reading instruction according to current research and RICA standards?

Accepted Answer

Structured literacy approaches that are explicit, systematic, sequential, and multisensory

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Whole-language instruction with minimal phonics

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Look-and-say reading instruction focused on sight words only

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Independent silent reading with little direct instruction

Question 3

A student with an IEP receives reading instruction in a general education classroom. The RICA-prepared teacher's role includes:

Accepted Answer

Collaborating with the special education teacher and implementing IEP accommodations and modifications during reading instruction

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Deferring all instruction for this student to the special education teacher only

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Eliminating reading assignments for the student to reduce frustration

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Testing the student using the same assessments as students without disabilities without modifications

Question 4

A teacher notices that a student with strong oral language skills struggles significantly with written language. This pattern is MOST consistent with:

Accepted Answer

A specific learning disability in reading/writing such as dyslexia

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A general intellectual disability affecting all learning

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Below-average intelligence affecting language development

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A hearing impairment that reduces language exposure

Question 5

What is the Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) framework's primary purpose in literacy instruction?

Accepted Answer

To provide increasingly intensive, data-driven levels of instruction and support to all students based on their assessed needs

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To sort students into permanent ability groups based on standardized test scores

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To replace special education services for students with identified disabilities

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To reduce the number of students receiving reading intervention by raising eligibility thresholds

Question 6

When selecting reading materials for a student with a physical disability that limits writing, what is the MOST important consideration?

Accepted Answer

Ensuring the student has equitable access to grade-level texts and content through appropriate accommodations

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Only providing audio versions of texts to avoid any written work

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Reducing the difficulty of texts to match the student's physical limitations

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Excluding the student from reading assessments until the disability is resolved