Question: In Texas, dyslexia screening requirements state that:
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All kindergarten and first-grade students must be screened for dyslexia.
Teachers in kindergarten and grade 1 recommend students for screening based on observation.
Screening of all students should begin in grade 2.
Only students whose first language is English need to get screened.
Answer: All kindergarten and first-grade students must be screened for dyslexia.
Question: According to state requirements, who of the following could conduct screening for dyslexia and related disorders?
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A) A parent volunteer
B) A school employee trained in reading assessment and intervention for dyslexia
None of the above
A and B
Answer: B) A school employee trained in reading assessment and intervention for dyslexia
Question: What best describes the Texas State Dyslexia Requirements Worksheet?
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A tool for dyslexia specialists to guide their evaluation of students
A mandatory report to be submitted to TEA
A self-assessment tool for campus and district teams to identify strengths and action items in their system for serving students with dyslexia
An evaluation tool used by state compliance review teams
Answer: A self-assessment tool for campus and district teams to identify strengths and action items in their system for serving students with dyslexia
Question: In interpreting data from a dyslexia evaluation, which of the following questions should be used for making team-based decisions?
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A) Do the data show difficulty with accurate and/or fluent reading, poor spelling skills, and poor decoding ability?
B) Does the student make consistent reversals of letters or words (i.e., reading “backwards”)?
C) Do the student’s difficulties typically result from a deficit in the phonological component of language?
D) Are these difficulties unexpected for the student’s age in relation to the student’s other cognitive abilities and provision of effective classroom instruction?
All of the above
A, C, and D only
Answer: A, C, and D only
Question: In which settings should teachers intentionally address the needs of students with dyslexia?
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Tier 1 English Language Arts and Reading
Content area instruction
Supplemental intervention
All of the above
Answer: All of the above
Question: Which of the following is NOT a critical component of dyslexia instruction?
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Phonemic awareness instruction
Letter-sound instruction, decoding and reading fluency
Visual-spatial training
Orthographic spelling patterns, syllabication and morphology
All of the above
Answer: Visual-spatial training
Question: Which of the following instructional features are consistent with state requirements for students with dyslexia?
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Explicit
Systematic
Evidence-based
All of the above
Answer: All of the above
Question: True or False: Only a small group of students benefit from a structured literacy approach to teaching.
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True
False
Answer: False
Question: Which of the following is true about supporting students with dyslexia?
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A) Only classes that focus on reading have to provide accommodations to a student with dyslexia.
B) Accommodations allow students to access the curriculum and demonstrate their knowledge in a way where they can be successful.
C) Scaffolds can often be integrated into instruction in a way that targets the specific needs of students with dyslexia and help other learners, too.
B and C
Answer: B and C
Question: What is NOT true about intervention for students with dyslexia?
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It is supplemental to Tier 1 instruction.
It targets the specific reading difficulties students are exhibiting.
It involves content and teaching methods that are very different from evidence-based Tier 1 reading instruction.
All of the above
Answer: It involves content and teaching methods that are very different from evidence-based Tier 1 reading instruction.
Question: What is the purpose of the Dyslexia Requirements Worksheet?
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A) For school- and district-based teams to engage in self-assessment of the systems and procedures to support students with dyslexia
B) A framework to guide professional learning with regard to required services for students with dyslexia
C) For self-reporting and submitting to the Texas Education Agency for compliance review
A and B
Answer: A and B
Question: Why is documentation important?
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It helps schools and teams keep track of things that are important.
It helps teams ensure that schools abide by both state and federal law.
It helps improve the outcomes of students with dyslexia.
All of the above
Answer: All of the above
Question: What is true about the state requirements for teacher training?
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Educators must be adequately trained in order to evaluate, identify, and instruct students with dyslexia.
Only elementary level teachers need to receive training for dyslexia.
Students will only receive support for dyslexia with specialists, so this only applies to them.
Teacher training doesn’t apply to administrators.
Answer: Educators must be adequately trained in order to evaluate, identify, and instruct students with dyslexia.