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    WGU D169 Essential Practices f or Supporting Diverse Learners Title III ✔✔ English learner instruction, Standardized testing rules ELs with exceptionalities Which law requires states to develop programs that meet the specialized needs that students who are ELs may bring to the classroom? ✔✔ Title III English as a Second Language (ESL) or English Language Development (ELD) ✔✔ Program of techniques, methodology, and special curriculum designed to t each ELs explicitly about the English language, including the academic vocabulary needed to access content instruction, and to develop their English language proficiency in all four language domains (i.e., speaking, listening, reading, and writing). Struc tured English Immersion (SEI) ✔✔ Program designed to impart English language skills so that the ELs can transition and succeed in an English - only mainstream classroom once proficient. Title III requires schools to report on the number of ELs receiving services and their progress toward ________ and _________ ✔✔ language proficiency and content knowledge

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    Which practice may reduce inappropriate over or under-identification of ELs for special education services? ✔✔ Consider the student's native literacy and language ESSA permits native language testing if it is necessary, and students can be exempted from the reading assessment during ___________ ✔✔ 1st year in the country What is WIDA? ✔✔ World - Class Instructional Design and Assessment What areas includes standards promoted by WIDA for describing how ELs should use language? ✔✔ Social and instructional language along with academic language in mathematics, science, and social studies Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) ✔✔ This educati on law requires public schools to meet the unique needs of eligible K - 12 students with disabilities. Schools do this by providing services. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act ✔✔ This civil rights law prohibits disability discrimination at schools that g et federal funding. Schools meet these requirements by removing barriers to learning.

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    Which law provides 504 plans for eligible K - 12 studetns? ✔✔ Section 504 Which law provides freedom from discrimination at work? ✔✔ ADA What is a LRE? ✔✔ Least Restrictive Environment What must an IEP include? ✔✔ goals, testing accommodations, present levels of performance, services, modifications, and placement information When LRE comes up, what two words come up also? ✔✔ mainstreaming and inclusion What is a resource pr ovided by Section 504? ✔✔ Accommodations or modifications due to a disability What is an instruction is a type of program model in which an English language teacher works with ELs in small groups to provide English language instruction, pulling them out of their regular classroom to do so. ✔✔ pullout instruction

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    What is SLD? ✔✔ Specific Learning Disability SLD affect a child's ability to ________ ✔✔ read, write, listen, speak, reason, or do math. Emotional Disturbance includes _____________ ✔✔ anxiety, bipol ar, OCD, schizophrenia, depression What category of disabilities does Dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia fall under ? ✔✔ Specific Learning Disability What disability category has the highest percentage of children served under IDEA? ✔✔ Specific Learning Disability (SLD) A high school special education student diagnosed with autism received special education services and related support for social pragmatic (social skills) therapy from a speech-language pathologist. He requires some academic support, primarily in written expression and task management, which happens within the general education environment in a co-taught English class with an English teacher and his assigned special education teacher. He also receives speech-language therapy twice per week. This student's time out of the general education

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    environment is minimal. Which type of educational placement would this student receive, given his needs and the supports and services he receives? ✔✔ Modified general education class Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) ✔✔ may have difficulty comprehending lectures or understanding verbal directions. dyslexia ✔✔ difficulty reading and recalling or using words Dysgraphia ✔✔ A learning disability that involves difficulty in handwriting and spelling Dyscalculia ✔✔ A learning disability that involves difficulty understanding or expressing number- and math-related ideas Dyspraxia ✔✔ difficulty with coordination — primarily physical but social skills can also be affected — that originates in the brain A student in your fourth-grade classroom has a very difficult time writing. She is slow to formulate letters, and she often writes the letters in an unusual way. Her ability to answer

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    questions orally is outstanding. In class, a teacher's assistant often acts as her scribe. Which type of learning disability does this student display characteristics of? ✔✔ Dysgraphia nonverbal learning disorder ✔✔ Difficulty following a classroom demonstration, causing confusion and difficulty with understanding conclusions and replication dyslexia ✔✔ Difficulty reading text independently, despite comprehending information read to them, which could impact their ability to access and engage in meaningful classroom discussions and activities Language Processing Disorders ✔✔ Difficulty participating in classroom discussions and activities, but often has many related and relevant thoughts on the topic at hand Funding for school districts is only available for students who qualify for _______ to help with the additional costs of educating students with special needs. ✔✔ IDEA IDEA only covers students aged______ years during the years they are eligible for public school services. ✔✔ 3-12

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    ______________ covers students who have a physical or mental impairment that impacts one or more major life activities but do not necessarily have an educational need as covered by IDEA. ✔✔ Section 504 The team that writes IEPs or 504 plans must include a ________________. ✔✔ special education teacher twice-exceptional students ✔✔ gifted students with disabilities What kind of assessments are often in the form of a questionnaire and could have more than one correct answer. These types of assessments are often completed to obtain a variety of perspectives on the potentially gifted and talented student and to make note of any differences between behavior and functioning at home and in school. ✔✔ Subjective What tests are often used as one measurement in determining whether a student qualifies as gifted and talented. These tests are administered by a qualified professional. ✔✔ Ability tests, or IQ tests What tests are often standardized assessments that measure knowledge and skills at a particular grade level. ✔✔ Achievement tests

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    What testing is when an assessment standardized for a particular grade level is provided to a student in a different grade. For the gifted and talented, this can be used to determine their skill growth over time in relation to their peers. ✔✔ off-level testing Which type of assessment evaluates a student's holistic understanding of learning through a specific outcome or project, instead of assessing the process of learning at each stage? ✔✔ Product based assessment What instruction strategy provides an opportunity for advanced students to extend their learning, while students at other levels can consolidate their knowledge or build skills. ✔✔ Tiering What instruction strategy provides opportunities for students to support one another and to get individual instruction from peers. ✔✔ Mixed-ability grouping What is the goal of MTSS? ✔✔ to intervene early so students can catch up with their peers What is the framework that many schools use to provide targeted support to struggling students. Focuses on whole child. ✔✔ MTSS

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    Tier 1 ✔✔ The whole class Tier 2 ✔✔ Small group Tier 3 ✔✔ Intensive, Individualized Support What are the key elements of an MTSS framework? ✔✔ Universal screening, progress monitoring, data-based decision-making, school-wide support, and family involvement What is PBIS? ✔✔ positive behavior intervention support How does student participation in PBIS-related activities support educational outcomes? ✔✔ Student participation in PBIS-related activities, such as transition mapping, allow students to take ownership over their education and have a voice in addressing their needs from their perspective. What Language Acquisition Stage: Minimal comprehension. Does not verbalize. Uses nonverbal means of communication (nods, draws, points). ✔✔ Preproduction

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    What Language Acquisition Stage: Limited comprehension. Produces one- or two-word responses. Uses key or familiar phrases and mostly present tense verbs. ✔✔ Early Production What Language Acquisition Stage: Decent comprehension. Produces simple sentences with grammatical and pronunciation errors. Does not often understand jokes. ✔✔ Speech Emergence What Language Acquisition Stage: Excellent comprehension with limited grammar and pronunciation errors. ✔✔ Intermediate Fluency What Language Acquisition Stage: Near native comprehension and communication. ✔✔ Advanced Fluency Which skills are most important to embed in instruction aimed at fostering language growth? ✔✔ Speaking and Listening What is an individual's adjustment to a new culture, while also retaining important cultural beliefs, customs, and the native language? ✔✔ Acculturation

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    What is a particular preference or point of view that is personal, rather than scientific? ✔✔ Bias What refers to the attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner? ✔✔ implicit bias How can a teacher intentionally lessen implicit biases? ✔✔ Make connections with people from cultures other than your own. Model how to talk about culture and diversity in a positive way. What is the methodology where two teachers use their expertise through equal responsibility with regards to students in a classroom? ✔✔ co-teaching What kind of co-teaching allows the teacher to specifically target the terminology or concepts that might be challenging? ✔✔ Alternate co-teaching PBIS is an example of which type of school-wide support framework? ✔✔ Multitiered systems of supports What is the most common educational disability under IDEA and is characterized by difficulty reading, writing, listening, speaking, and reasoning? ✔✔ Specific Learning Disability (SLD)

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    Flexible instruction and mixed-ability grouping are foundations of which type of instruction? ✔✔ Differentiated What is UDL mean? ✔✔ universal design for learning What is an instructional framework for challenging, supporting, and engaging learners? ✔✔ Universal Design for Learning (UDL) What are three core principles of UDL? ✔✔ multiple means of representation, engagement, and action and expression What means that the brain can grow and develop? ✔✔ Plasticity What requires that learning experiences be designed to meet the needs of all diverse learners — even when those needs are different? ✔✔ Variability What are 3 important elements to consider in the UDL-based lesson-planning process? ✔✔ goals, barriers to learning, student traits

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    What means tailoring instruction to meet individual needs? ✔✔ Differentiation What are 4 elements of a lesson can teachers differentiate to meet the needs of their students? ✔✔ content, process, product, environment TRUE OR FALSE: Explicit instruction includes teacher feedback in some form. ✔✔ True IDEA ✔✔ Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ESSA ✔✔ Every Student Succeeds Act What is another name for two-way immersion programs? ✔✔ Dual Language Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ✔✔ This civil rights law prohibits disability discrimination by schools, employers, and anyone who offers goods and services to the public. Which law provides special education? ✔✔ IDEA

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