No Child Left Behind mandates that
A) parents receive written notice in their primary language regarding changes in special education services.
B) assessments for special education eligibility assess relevant skills and knowledge, not English language ability.
C) students who are English language learners must participate in English language proficiency testing.
D) students who are English language learners take all accountability assessments when they begin public schools.
Ques. 2When a student is bilingual, he or she
A) may understand questions better in English, but prefers to answer in the other language.
B) doesn't prefer to use one language or the other for different situations.
C) is academically competent in two languages.
D) speaks and understands both languages perfectly.
Ques. 3The fundamental principle when assessing students with limited English proficiency is to
A) assess even if it is obvious in both cultures there is a disability.
B) encourage exemption from statewide assessments.
C) assess the student's target abilities, not their ability to use English.
D) assess the student in their primary language.
Ques. 4Commercially translated tests
A) account for item content difficulty between the two languages.
B) are cost-efficient for most cultural-linguistic groups.
C) account for item vocabulary difficulty between the two languages.
D) are most valid when they are renormed on the specific cultural-linguistic group.
Ques. 5Response to adults in authority, wariness of strangers, and male-female relations are all examples of _________ factors that impact assessment of students with limited English proficiency.
A) linguistic
B) behavioral
C) historical
D) cultural
Ques. 6Eligibility decisions concerning students with limited English proficiency
A) must be based on psychological and educational data.
B) usually are put off for five years.
C) may include observational data.
D) must be based on interpreted parent interviews.
Ques. 7Two students with limited English proficiency who speak Spanish
A) may or may not share a common culture or history.
B) should be given a Spanish translation of the test.
C) should have a Spanish interpreter give the WISC-IV.
D) share similar political and social views.
Ques. 8To the extent that a norm sample is systematically unrepresentative, the inferences based on such scores are incorrect and __________.
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Ques. 9Unless a test is administered according to the __________ the results are invalid.
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Ques. 10The most likely explanation for items having __________ for different groups of people is differential exposure to test content.
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