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The FTCE ESE 061 exam has 80 questions and runs 2 hours 30 minutes.
These 10 free FTCE ESE 061 questions are organized by exam domain, so you can see how each part of the FTCE Exceptional Student Education K-12 (061) blueprint is tested. Reveal the answer and explanation under each question.
A Florida school district receives signed written parental consent for an initial evaluation on September 8. Under Florida rule, the district must complete the evaluation within:
Correct answer: C - 60 calendar days
A parent argues that the district is required to provide the services that will allow her son to reach his full academic potential. Under the standard established in Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District (2017), an IEP must be reasonably calculated to enable the student to:
Correct answer: D - Make progress appropriate in light of his circumstances
A parent submits a written request for a special education evaluation for her third grader, who is currently in the sixth week of a Tier 2 reading intervention. The school should:
Correct answer: A - Respond to the request and issue prior written notice if it declines
The parent of a fourth grader in Florida who has been found eligible as gifted asks why her child does not have an IEP. The MOST accurate explanation is that, in Florida, a student who is gifted:
Correct answer: A - Is an exceptional student served through an educational plan rather than an IEP
A fifth grader with a medical diagnosis of ADHD earns grades at or above grade level. The evaluation team concludes that she does not require specially designed instruction but does need extended time and a reduced-distraction setting for assessments. This student is MOST appropriately served under:
Correct answer: B - A Section 504 plan
A fourth grader earns a grade equivalent of 7.2 on a norm-referenced reading test. Which interpretation of this score is MOST accurate?
Correct answer: C - The student scored well above the fourth-grade average on this test
An IEP team is determining whether a student should participate in the Florida Statewide Alternate Assessment. Which factor is an appropriate basis for this decision?
Correct answer: C - The student's significant cognitive disability and instruction on access points
A parent notifies the district in writing that she disagrees with the district's evaluation and requests an independent educational evaluation at public expense. The district must:
Correct answer: D - Either fund the evaluation or request a due process hearing without unnecessary delay
While the class analyzes a grade-level primary source document, one student receives a rewritten version of the same document with simplified vocabulary and shorter sentences, and is asked only to identify the main idea. This support is BEST classified as:
Correct answer: B - A modification of the grade-level expectation
An ESE teacher is beginning to teach a high school student with an intellectual disability to operate a microwave in the school kitchen. Because errors during initial instruction could be unsafe, the teacher should use:
Correct answer: D - Most-to-least prompting
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