A district decides to refuse a parent's request to change a child's placement. What must it give the parents a reasonable time beforehand?Code of Federal Regulations, 34 CFR Part 300 (IDEA Part B regulations), section 300.503(a). Test outline, competency 1
A district proposes a separate class for a third grader who has never been tried in a regular class with supports. Under 34 CFR 300.114, which condition must be met before such a removal?Code of Federal Regulations, 34 CFR Part 300 (IDEA Part B regulations), section 300.114(a)(2). Test outline, competency 1
A fourth grader with a disability spends most of the day in a general education class. Which member must the IEP Team include for that reason?Code of Federal Regulations, 34 CFR Part 300 (IDEA Part B regulations), section 300.321(a). Test outline, competency 1
A student with diabetes needs no specially designed instruction. Which test decides whether the student is covered by the Section 504 regulations?Code of Federal Regulations, 34 CFR Part 104 (Section 504 regulations), section 104.3(j). Test outline, competency 1
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Foundations of exceptional student education, continued
A student's attention deficit hyperactivity disorder limits alertness in class and adversely affects educational performance. Which IDEA category lists ADHD as an example?Code of Federal Regulations, 34 CFR Part 300 (IDEA Part B regulations), section 300.8(c)(9). Test outline, competency 1
An IEP Team reviews a child's IEP, as it must not less than annually. What does 34 CFR 300.324 say that review is to determine?Code of Federal Regulations, 34 CFR Part 300 (IDEA Part B regulations), section 300.324(b)(1). Test outline, competency 1
Florida's rule on specific learning disabilities lists conditions that may be associated with one. Which condition is on that list?Florida Administrative Code, Rule 6A-6.03018, subsection (1). Test outline, competency 1
Florida's statutory definition of "exceptional student" covers students with disabilities and which other group?Florida Statutes, section 1003.01, subsection (9)(a). Test outline, competency 1
For eligibility as a student with an emotional/behavioral disability in Florida, how long must the characteristics have been present, and where?Florida Administrative Code, Rule 6A-6.03016, subsection (4)(c). Test outline, competency 1
In Florida, which students receive an educational plan (EP) and not an IEP?Florida Administrative Code, Rule 6A-6.030191, introductory paragraph. Test outline, competency 1
In the IDEA definition of autism, by what age is the disability generally evident?Code of Federal Regulations, 34 CFR Part 300 (IDEA Part B regulations), section 300.8(c)(1). Test outline, competency 1
States must examine data for significant disproportionality based on race and ethnicity in the identification of children with disabilities, their placement, and what else?Code of Federal Regulations, 34 CFR Part 300 (IDEA Part B regulations), section 300.646(a). Test outline, competency 1
Under Florida's rule on intellectual disabilities, how far below the mean must measured intellectual functioning be?Florida Administrative Code, Rule 6A-6.03011, subsection (4)(a). Test outline, competency 1
Under the IDEA regulations, a free appropriate public education must be available to children with disabilities between which ages?Code of Federal Regulations, 34 CFR Part 300 (IDEA Part B regulations), section 300.101(a). Test outline, competency 1
Assessment and evaluation 8
A parent disagrees with the evaluation the school district obtained. What right does 34 CFR 300.502 give the parent?Code of Federal Regulations, 34 CFR Part 300 (IDEA Part B regulations), section 300.502(b)(1). Test outline, competency 2
A student who communicates mainly in Spanish is being evaluated. In what language do the IDEA regulations say assessments are provided, unless clearly not feasible?Code of Federal Regulations, 34 CFR Part 300 (IDEA Part B regulations), section 300.304(c)(1)(ii). Test outline, competency 2
A team wants to decide eligibility from one IQ score. What do the IDEA evaluation procedures say?Code of Federal Regulations, 34 CFR Part 300 (IDEA Part B regulations), section 300.304(b)(2). Test outline, competency 2
An IEP team finds that the statewide standardized assessment cannot accurately measure a student's abilities, even with all allowable accommodations. What does section 1008.22 provide?Florida Statutes, section 1008.22, subsection (3)(d)2. Test outline, competency 2
For which IEP action does Florida require a separate parental consent form?Florida Statutes, section 1003.5715, subsection (1). Test outline, competency 2
How often must a reevaluation occur unless the parent and the public agency agree it is unnecessary?Code of Federal Regulations, 34 CFR Part 300 (IDEA Part B regulations), section 300.303(b)(2). Test outline, competency 2
Where a State sets no timeframe of its own, how soon after parental consent must an initial evaluation be conducted under the IDEA regulations?Code of Federal Regulations, 34 CFR Part 300 (IDEA Part B regulations), section 300.301(c)(1). Test outline, competency 2
Which features marked the curriculum-based measurement systems first built for reading, writing and spelling?Wikipedia, article "Curriculum-based measurement", Early history. Test outline, competency 2
Instructional practices 13
A second grader has been in a tier 2 reading group since September. According to the IES response to intervention guide, what is the least often her progress should be checked?Institute of Education Sciences, practice guide Assisting Students Struggling with Reading: Response to Intervention and Multi-Tier Intervention in the Primary Grades (NCEE 2009-4045), Recommendation 4. Test outline, competency 3
A student sees the word "altogether" in a word problem and adds without reading further. How does the IES mathematics intervention guide treat matching key words to an operation?Institute of Education Sciences, practice guide Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics: Intervention in the Elementary Grades (WWC 2021006), Recommendation 5, Table 5.2. Test outline, competency 3
A student shows minimal progress after a reasonable time in tier 2 small groups. What does the IES guide recommend at tier 3?Institute of Education Sciences, practice guide Assisting Students Struggling with Reading: Response to Intervention and Multi-Tier Intervention in the Primary Grades (NCEE 2009-4045), Recommendation 5. Test outline, competency 3
A teacher offers a chapter as print, as audio and as a captioned video. Which principle of Universal Design for Learning does this serve?Wikipedia, article "Universal Design for Learning", lead section. Test outline, competency 3
A teacher uses fraction tiles, then drawings of them, to support a procedure for adding fractions. Which IES recommendation for mathematics intervention is this?Institute of Education Sciences, practice guide Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics: Intervention in the Elementary Grades (WWC 2021006), Recommendation 3. Test outline, competency 3
A teacher writes out handwashing as eight small steps before teaching it to a student with a significant cognitive disability. What is this breakdown called?Wikipedia, article "Task analysis", Applications. Test outline, competency 3
How often do tier 2 reading groups typically meet, according to the IES response to intervention guide?Institute of Education Sciences, practice guide Assisting Students Struggling with Reading: Response to Intervention and Multi-Tier Intervention in the Primary Grades (NCEE 2009-4045), Recommendation 3. Test outline, competency 3
The IDEA regulations define specially designed instruction as adapting three things to a child's needs. Which list names them?Code of Federal Regulations, 34 CFR Part 300 (IDEA Part B regulations), section 300.39(b)(3). Test outline, competency 3
In forward chaining, in what order are the steps of a behavior chain taught?Wikipedia, article "Chaining", Forward chaining. Test outline, competency 3
In the IES response to intervention guide for reading, what does tier 1 provide?Institute of Education Sciences, practice guide Assisting Students Struggling with Reading: Response to Intervention and Multi-Tier Intervention in the Primary Grades (NCEE 2009-4045), Recommendation 2. Test outline, competency 3
What kind of instruction does the IES guide on students struggling with mathematics recommend during intervention?Institute of Education Sciences, practice guide Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics: Intervention in the Elementary Grades (WWC 2021006), Recommendation 1. Test outline, competency 3
When does the IES guide on response to intervention in reading say all students should be screened for potential reading problems?Institute of Education Sciences, practice guide Assisting Students Struggling with Reading: Response to Intervention and Multi-Tier Intervention in the Primary Grades (NCEE 2009-4045), Recommendation 1. Test outline, competency 3
Which recommendation of the IES mathematics intervention guide is about the terms teachers and students use to talk about mathematics?Institute of Education Sciences, practice guide Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics: Intervention in the Elementary Grades (WWC 2021006), Recommendation 2. Test outline, competency 3
Positive behavioral interventions and supports 7
A child's behavior impedes the child's learning or that of others. What must the IEP Team consider?Code of Federal Regulations, 34 CFR Part 300 (IDEA Part B regulations), section 300.324(a)(2)(i). Test outline, competency 4
A school decides to change the placement of a child with a disability for breaking the code of conduct. Within how long must the manifestation determination be made?Code of Federal Regulations, 34 CFR Part 300 (IDEA Part B regulations), section 300.530(e)(1). Test outline, competency 4
For which conduct may school personnel move a student with a disability to an interim alternative educational setting for up to 45 school days, whatever the manifestation finding?Code of Federal Regulations, 34 CFR Part 300 (IDEA Part B regulations), section 300.530(g). Test outline, competency 4
In a functional behavior assessment, which two kinds of information are gathered about a problem behavior?Wikipedia, article "Functional behavior assessment", Definition. Test outline, competency 4
The team finds that a student's conduct was a manifestation of the disability, and no behavior assessment has been done before. What must the IEP Team do?Code of Federal Regulations, 34 CFR Part 300 (IDEA Part B regulations), section 300.530(f)(1). Test outline, competency 4
Under section 1003.573, Florida Statutes, when may physical restraint be used on a student with a disability?Florida Statutes, section 1003.573, subsection (3). Test outline, competency 4
What does section 1003.573, Florida Statutes, say about the seclusion of students with disabilities?Florida Statutes, section 1003.573, subsection (2). Test outline, competency 4
Multiple literacies and communication skills 12
A kindergarten teacher has students break spoken words into sounds and match each sound to a letter tile. Which recommendation of the IES foundational reading guide is this?Institute of Education Sciences, practice guide Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade (NCEE 2016-4008), Recommendation 2. Test outline, competency 5
A student speaks in complete, grammatical sentences but does not take turns or adjust to the listener. Which area of language is concerned with use in social interaction?Wikipedia, article "Pragmatics", lead section. Test outline, competency 5
A student who cannot rely on speech uses a picture board and a speech-generating tablet. What are such methods called?Wikipedia, article "Augmentative and alternative communication", lead section. Test outline, competency 5
A teacher has students stop mid-problem and ask, "Is my plan working?" Which skill is being built?Wikipedia, article "Metacognition", lead section. Test outline, competency 5
According to the IES foundational reading guide, reading connected text every day supports accuracy, comprehension and what else?Institute of Education Sciences, practice guide Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade (NCEE 2016-4008), Recommendation 4. Test outline, competency 5
The National Reading Panel reviewed research on instruction in phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and which other area?Wikipedia, article "National Reading Panel", lead section. Test outline, competency 5
Phonological awareness involves detecting and manipulating sounds at three levels. Which list gives them?Wikipedia, article "Phonological awareness", Overview. Test outline, competency 5
Stuttering that adversely affects a child's educational performance falls in which IDEA category?Code of Federal Regulations, 34 CFR Part 300 (IDEA Part B regulations), section 300.8(c)(11). Test outline, competency 5
Under the IDEA regulations, an assistive technology service includes an evaluation of the child's needs. Where is the functional evaluation carried out?Code of Federal Regulations, 34 CFR Part 300 (IDEA Part B regulations), section 300.6(a). Test outline, competency 5
What is a morpheme?Wikipedia, article "Morpheme", lead section. Test outline, competency 5
Which skills does Recommendation 3 of the IES guide on elementary writing say students should become fluent with?Institute of Education Sciences, practice guide Teaching Elementary School Students to Be Effective Writers (NCEE 2012-4058), Recommendation 3. Test outline, competency 5
The words "bat" and "pat" differ in one basic sound. What is the smallest sound unit that distinguishes one word from another called?Wikipedia, article "Phoneme", lead section. Test outline, competency 5
The transition process 6
Florida starts transition planning earlier than the federal rule. When does an IEP team begin identifying the need for transition services under section 1003.5716?Florida Statutes, section 1003.5716, subsection (1). Test outline, competency 6
Florida's transition statute requires the IEP team to consider instruction in self-determination and self-advocacy. What is that instruction meant to assist?Florida Statutes, section 1003.5716, subsection (1)(a). Test outline, competency 6
How far ahead of the age of majority must an IEP state that the child has been told which rights will transfer?Code of Federal Regulations, 34 CFR Part 300 (IDEA Part B regulations), section 300.320(c). Test outline, competency 6
Transition services under the IDEA regulations are based on the individual child's needs, taking what into account?Code of Federal Regulations, 34 CFR Part 300 (IDEA Part B regulations), section 300.43(a)(2). Test outline, competency 6
Under the federal IDEA regulations, by when must an IEP include transition services?Code of Federal Regulations, 34 CFR Part 300 (IDEA Part B regulations), section 300.320(b). Test outline, competency 6
Which is one of the required pre-employment transition services in the vocational rehabilitation regulations?Code of Federal Regulations, 34 CFR 361.48, paragraph (a)(2). Test outline, competency 6
How this list was compiled: Our own questions, written to the competencies and skills of FTCE Exceptional Student Education K–12 (061) in the test information guide on the Florida Teacher Certification Examinations website, https://www.fl.nesinc.com/studyguide/FL_SG_obj_061_redev.htm (copyright 2023 State of Florida, Department of State), read 2026-10-09: approximately 80 multiple-choice questions in 2 hours 30 minutes, six competencies weighted 23, 13, 21, 12, 21 and 10 percent. This bank holds 60: 14, 8, 13, 7, 12 and 6. Every fact was read in the public document named under its question (each opened 2026-10-09): the IDEA regulations at 34 CFR Part 300, the Section 504 regulations at 34 CFR Part 104 and 34 CFR 361.48 on ecfr.gov; Florida Statutes sections 1003.01, 1003.5715, 1003.5716, 1003.573 and 1008.22 on leg.state.fl.us; Florida Administrative Code rules 6A-6.03011, 6A-6.03016, 6A-6.03018 and 6A-6.030191 on flrules.org; practice guides of the Institute of Education Sciences on response to intervention in reading, foundational reading skills, mathematics intervention and elementary writing; and Wikipedia articles for terms. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site.
How it works
This free ESE K-12 practice test follows FTCE Exceptional Student Education K–12 (061): 60 questions of our own across its six competencies. It is unofficial and not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by the Florida Department of Education or Pearson.
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What is on the ESE K-12 test
Foundations of exceptional student education carries about 23% of the questions. Instructional practices carries 21%, as does multiple literacies and communication skills. Assessment and evaluation carries 13%, positive behavioral interventions and supports 12% and transition 10%. Every question is multiple choice. The bank holds 14, 13, 12, 8, 7 and 6.
Exam mode
Exam mode asks all 60 questions here in 112 minutes, the real test's time per question. The real test provides no reference materials.
Where the facts come from
The IDEA and Section 504 regulations, Florida Statutes chapters 1003 and 1008, State Board of Education rules in Chapter 6A-6, practice guides of the Institute of Education Sciences, and Wikipedia for terms. Each question links what was read.
Florida begins transition planning in seventh grade or at age 12, earlier than the federal rule's first IEP in effect at 16.
In Florida a student whose only exceptionality is gifted has an educational plan, an EP, not an IEP.
Questions and answers
How many questions are on the FTCE ESE K-12?
Approximately 80 multiple-choice questions in 2 hours 30 minutes, the exam's page on the FTCE site says. It adds that a test may include questions being evaluated for future administrations, which do not affect the score.
What is a passing score on the ESE K-12 exam?
A scaled score of at least 200. The scale is not a count or a percent of questions right, so this page reports your number right in exam mode and gives no pass verdict.
Does the ESE K-12 practice test cover Florida law or only IDEA?
Both. Beside the federal regulations it asks about Florida's definition of an exceptional student, educational plans for gifted students, the ban on seclusion, limits on physical restraint, consent for alternate assessment, and transition planning from age 12.