Inclusion
Instructional Planning
Reading/Vocabulary
Evidence-Based Program
Writing
100

It is referred to state or district tests because schools, principals, teachers, and (sometimes) students are rewarded or sanctioned based upon their results. 

High-stakes testing
100
_____________ is more important than drill and practice.
Problem Solving (content vs. performance standards)
100

It is an approach to teaching children important reading skills. It complements the existing reading curriculum by providing research-validated learning strategies through peer-mediated instruction (i.e., peer pairing, peer tutoring). 

Peer Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS)
100

Its effectiveness is supported by rigorous research. In other words, research shows that the practice or program works. 

Evidence-Based Practice
100

Problems with grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling can be resolved through ___________.

Editing
200

Any device or service that helps a student with a disability to meet his or her individualized education program goals and to participate in the general education setting to the greatest possible extent. 

Assistive Technology 
200

It describes the requirements of the assignment and outlines the points the student will receive based on the quality of his or her work. The teacher can give students the ___________ in advance to help them to understand the requirements and expectations for the assignment.

Rubric
200

This reliance on understanding and using rich language explains why _____________________ plays such a critical role in children ’ s success in school. 

Vocabulary Development
200

It is a framework for planning and delivering instruction in content areas such as science, history, and mathematics to English language learners as well as other students.

Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP)
200

It is the process of transferring one’s thoughts and ideas into words and putting those words on paper. These skills are basic writing skills—primarily handwriting and spelling—and proficient writing requires a mastery of them.

Transcription Skills
300

This law requires that special education practices be included in standards-based reform. 

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
300

It is a school’s plan of instruction: how, when, and what students will be taught, what content will be covered, and what students ought to have learned after they’ve completed a specific course or grade.

Curriculum
300
As teachers, we need to make explicit connections to children's ________________ experiences at home and in their community.
Sociocultural
300

In this approach, struggling students’ skills are monitored to determine whether they show adequate growth (referred to as responsiveness) following the implementation of high-quality instruction. 

Response to Intervention
300

The ability to use proper grammar is necessary if students are to communicate effectively through written language. 

Grammar Skills
400

A statement of the child’s present levels of educational performance, including how the child’s disability affects his or her involvement in the general curriculum.

Individualized Education Program
400

They identify the expected understandings and skills needed for content standards by grade level and are tracked according to predetermined time intervals. 

Benchmarks
400
Partner Reading with Retell, Paragraph Shrinking, Prediction Relay
PALS Activities
400

The implementation of a practice or program as intended by the researchers or developers is referred to as ______________.

Fidelity of Implementation
400
Planning, Organizing, Writing, Editing, Revising
Elements of Writing Process
500

The overarching idea of _______________ is that buildings and tools should be accessible to everyone—those with and those without disabilities. 

Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
500
Visual, auditory, kinesthetic, tactile
Learning Preferences
500

PALS incorporates a(n) ______________________, a friendly classroom competition in which pairs are assigned to one of two teams and earn points through participation. 

Extrinsic Motivator
500

I is not a single strategy but rather a framework that teachers can use to implement a variety of strategies, many of which are evidence-based.

Differentiated Instruction
500

It is a writing process that allows the writer to consider the content, quality, and clarity of his or her composition. This process can involve rearranging the order of the text or expanding ideas.

Revising
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