FTCE Professional Education Exam Practice Test PDF

Unofficial practice for the FTCE Professional Education Test, from planning and assessment to Florida's code of conduct and English learners.

  1. 1.In the original 1956 version of Bloom's taxonomy, which level of the cognitive domain is the highest?
  2. 2.A student can solve two-step equations, but only while a classmate prompts each step. In Vygotsky's terms, where does this task lie for the student?
  3. 3.Which of Piaget's four stages comes directly before the formal operational stage?
  4. 4.A teacher plans a unit by backward design. What does the teacher settle first?
  5. 5.Under Standard 3 of the Florida Educator Accomplished Practices, what does the educator analyze in order to plan and adjust instruction?
  6. 6.FEAP Standard 3 says instruction is prepared in alignment with learning goals, assessments, student learning outcomes and what else?
  7. 7.A teacher plans to bring key ideas from September back in quizzes and homework in November and again in February. Which recommendation of the IES guide Organizing Instruction and Study does the plan follow?
  8. 8.For practice on a new kind of problem, what does the IES guide Organizing Instruction and Study recommend?
  9. 9.A science teacher pairs the density formula with blocks that students weigh and measure. Which IES recommendation is at work?
  10. 10.A teacher models note-taking, then gives a partly filled outline, then a blank page. What is support that is withdrawn step by step like this called?
  11. 11.In the IES guide on response to intervention in reading, which students are placed in tier 2 small groups?
  12. 12.Which practice is listed under FEAP Standard 4, Learning Environment?
  13. 13.A teacher tells each class that every student is expected to master the grade-level work. Which FEAP standard names this practice?
  14. 14.A student calls out again and again during independent work. Following the IES guide Reducing Behavior Problems in the Elementary School Classroom, what does the teacher do first?
  15. 15.A teacher rearranges seats and reteaches the routine for handing in work so that fewer disruptions arise. Which IES recommendation is this?
  16. 16.A student grabs materials from classmates. Which response fits Recommendation 3 of the IES guide on reducing behavior problems?
  17. 17.Universal Design for Learning calls for multiple means of representation, multiple means of expression and multiple means of what?
  18. 18.Under the IDEA regulations, which item is not an assistive technology device?
  19. 19.A student who has not eaten since yesterday cannot settle to work. In Maslow's hierarchy, which set of needs is unmet?
  20. 20.Which technique organizes class activity so that students depend on each other, each group assembling one piece of an assignment?
  21. 21.The 2001 revision of Bloom's taxonomy renamed the levels and reordered the top two. Which level is now the highest?
  22. 22.Which kind of question does the IES guide Organizing Instruction and Study recommend for helping students build explanations?
  23. 23.How does the IES guide Organizing Instruction and Study treat quizzing?
  24. 24.A teacher opens a unit on volcanoes by asking students a few questions about material they have not yet been taught. Which IES recommendation is this?
  25. 25.A biology teacher explains how blood moves through the heart while pointing to a labeled diagram. Which IES recommendation does this follow?
  26. 26.Which list gives the four strategies of reciprocal teaching?
  27. 27.What do the three columns of a KWL chart record?
  28. 28.A teacher gives one group a simpler text on the water cycle and another a more demanding one. Which element of instruction has been differentiated?
  29. 29.How does FEAP Standard 5 describe the feedback an educator delivers?
  30. 30.Mid-lesson, students hold up answers on whiteboards and the teacher reteaches a step most of them missed. Which FEAP Standard 5 practice is this?
  31. 31.According to FEAP Standard 5, an appropriate instructional pace is one that maximizes what?
  32. 32.A teacher reads exit tickets after a lesson and regroups students for the next day. What kind of assessment are the exit tickets?
  33. 33.At the end of a six-week unit, a teacher gives a test and compares each student's result with the grade-level benchmark. What kind of assessment is this?
  34. 34.A teacher writes a unit test simply to see whether each student has learned the material. How is such a test classified?
  35. 35.A score report places a student relative to a national group of students who took the same test. What kind of test produces this result?
  36. 36.The same students take the same test two weeks apart and score very differently, with no teaching in between. Which quality of the test is in doubt?
  37. 37.A mathematics test uses such long reading passages that it may be measuring reading instead. Which quality of the test is at risk?
  38. 38.In education, what is a rubric?
  39. 39.Sixth graders chart their own quiz scores each Friday and write a goal for the next week. Which recommendation of the IES data guide does the routine follow?
  40. 40.FEAP Standard 2 names something the educator reflects on for professional growth. What is it?
  41. 41.In FEAP Standard 2, relevant professional learning improves content knowledge and instruction grounded in what?
  42. 42.Rule 6A-5.065 calls the Accomplished Practices the foundational framework for educator preparation programs, certification requirements, professional learning and which other system?
  43. 43.According to the IES guide on using student achievement data, how should teachers treat data?
  44. 44.Which step does the IES data guide recommend at the school level?
  45. 45.Teachers of one grade meet weekly in a standing group to study their practice together. What is this arrangement called?
  46. 46.A teacher tries a new vocabulary routine, gathers evidence on how it works, reflects, and adjusts it. Which kind of inquiry joins taking action and doing research in this way?
  47. 47.A Florida teacher is arrested for an offense listed under s. 435.04(2), Florida Statutes. Under the Principles of Professional Conduct, how soon must the teacher self-report the arrest?
  48. 48.A parent offers a teacher an expensive gift during the week grades are decided. What do the Principles of Professional Conduct require?
  49. 49.For how long may the Education Practices Commission suspend an educator certificate?
  50. 50.What is the largest administrative fine a panel of the Education Practices Commission may impose for each count?
  51. 51.A student tells a teacher she has been left alone at home for days. The teacher is not certain it is neglect. Under section 39.201, Florida Statutes, when must the teacher report to the central abuse hotline?
  52. 52.A parent sends a written request to review her son's cumulative folder. Under 34 CFR 99.10, the school must comply within a reasonable time and no later than how long after it receives the request?
  53. 53.Every student is surveyed at initial registration in a Florida public school. Which question is on that survey?
  54. 54.Which accommodation does Rule 6A-6.09091 name for English Language Learners on statewide standardized assessments?
  55. 55.How does the IES guide on teaching English learners recommend that academic vocabulary be taught?
  56. 56.A newcomer chats easily with friends at lunch but struggles with the textbook. Which pair of terms describes the two kinds of proficiency involved?
  57. 57.A history teacher picks six terms from the next chapter, teaches their meanings directly and has students use them all week. Which IES adolescent literacy recommendation is this?
  58. 58.A science teacher models how to summarize a section of the textbook, then has students practice with guidance. Which IES adolescent literacy recommendation does this follow?
  59. 59.Which classroom practice does the IES guide Improving Adolescent Literacy recommend for deepening understanding of a text?
  60. 60.For struggling adolescent readers, who does the IES guide say can provide intensive and individualized interventions?
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This FTCE Professional Education exam practice test follows test 083: 60 questions of our own across eight competencies, to answer here or save as a PDF. It is unofficial and not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by the Florida Department of Education or Pearson.

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What the FTCE Professional Education Test covers

Instructional design and planning and instructional delivery carry about 18% of the questions each. Learning environments carry 15%, assessment 14%, continuous professional improvement 12%, the Principles of Professional Conduct 9%, and English language learners and literacy across the curriculum 7% each. The bank holds 11, 11, 9, 8, 7, 6, 4 and 4.

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Exam mode asks all 60 here in 112 minutes, the real test's time per question.

Where the facts come from

Rules 6A-5.065 (the Educator Accomplished Practices) and 6A-10.081 (the Principles of Professional Conduct), Florida Statutes sections 1012.795, 1012.796 and 39.201, the FERPA regulations, Institute of Education Sciences practice guides, and Wikipedia for terms. Each question links what was read.

  • The Accomplished Practices here follow Rule 6A-5.065 as amended on August 25, 2026: six standards, from professional ethics to data and assessment.
  • Competency 7 names the Consent Decree. This bank asks about State Board rules on the home language survey and test accommodations, not the decree's text.

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Approximately 80 multiple-choice questions in 2 hours 30 minutes, according to the test's page on the FTCE site. Some may be questions under evaluation for future tests, and those do not count toward the score.

What is the passing score for the FTCE Professional Education Test?

A scaled score of at least 200. Because a scaled score is not a percent, exam mode here reports how many you got right and stops there.

All 60 questions

Instructional design and planning 11

  • A science teacher pairs the density formula with blocks that students weigh and measure. Which IES recommendation is at work? Institute of Education Sciences, practice guide Organizing Instruction and Study to Improve Student Learning (NCER 2007-2004), Recommendation 4. Test outline, competency 1
  • A student can solve two-step equations, but only while a classmate prompts each step. In Vygotsky's terms, where does this task lie for the student? Wikipedia, article "Zone of proximal development", lead section. Test outline, competency 1
  • A teacher models note-taking, then gives a partly filled outline, then a blank page. What is support that is withdrawn step by step like this called? Wikipedia, article "Instructional scaffolding", lead section. Test outline, competency 1
  • A teacher plans a unit by backward design. What does the teacher settle first? Wikipedia, article "Understanding by Design", Backward design. Test outline, competency 1
  • A teacher plans to bring key ideas from September back in quizzes and homework in November and again in February. Which recommendation of the IES guide Organizing Instruction and Study does the plan follow? Institute of Education Sciences, practice guide Organizing Instruction and Study to Improve Student Learning (NCER 2007-2004), Recommendation 1. Test outline, competency 1
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Instructional design and planning, continued

  • FEAP Standard 3 says instruction is prepared in alignment with learning goals, assessments, student learning outcomes and what else? Florida Administrative Code, Rule 6A-5.065, The Florida Educator Accomplished Practices, subsection (2)(c), Standard 3: Preparation and Planning. Test outline, competency 1
  • For practice on a new kind of problem, what does the IES guide Organizing Instruction and Study recommend? Institute of Education Sciences, practice guide Organizing Instruction and Study to Improve Student Learning (NCER 2007-2004), Recommendation 2. Test outline, competency 1
  • In the IES guide on response to intervention in reading, which students are placed in tier 2 small groups? 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 1
  • In the original 1956 version of Bloom's taxonomy, which level of the cognitive domain is the highest? Wikipedia, article "Bloom's taxonomy", lead section. Test outline, competency 1
  • Under Standard 3 of the Florida Educator Accomplished Practices, what does the educator analyze in order to plan and adjust instruction? Florida Administrative Code, Rule 6A-5.065, The Florida Educator Accomplished Practices, subsection (2)(c), Standard 3: Preparation and Planning. Test outline, competency 1
  • Which of Piaget's four stages comes directly before the formal operational stage? Wikipedia, article "Piaget's theory of cognitive development", lead section. Test outline, competency 1

Student-centered learning environments 9

  • A student calls out again and again during independent work. Following the IES guide Reducing Behavior Problems in the Elementary School Classroom, what does the teacher do first? Institute of Education Sciences, practice guide Reducing Behavior Problems in the Elementary School Classroom (NCEE 2008-012), Recommendation 1. Test outline, competency 2
  • A student grabs materials from classmates. Which response fits Recommendation 3 of the IES guide on reducing behavior problems? Institute of Education Sciences, practice guide Reducing Behavior Problems in the Elementary School Classroom (NCEE 2008-012), Recommendation 3. Test outline, competency 2
  • A student who has not eaten since yesterday cannot settle to work. In Maslow's hierarchy, which set of needs is unmet? Wikipedia, article "Maslow's hierarchy of needs", Historical development. Test outline, competency 2
  • A teacher rearranges seats and reteaches the routine for handing in work so that fewer disruptions arise. Which IES recommendation is this? Institute of Education Sciences, practice guide Reducing Behavior Problems in the Elementary School Classroom (NCEE 2008-012), Recommendation 2. Test outline, competency 2
  • A teacher tells each class that every student is expected to master the grade-level work. Which FEAP standard names this practice? Florida Administrative Code, Rule 6A-5.065, The Florida Educator Accomplished Practices, subsection (2)(d), Standard 4: Learning Environment. Test outline, competency 2
  • Under the IDEA regulations, which item is not an assistive technology device? Code of Federal Regulations, 34 CFR Part 300 (IDEA Part B regulations), section 300.5. Test outline, competency 2
  • Universal Design for Learning calls for multiple means of representation, multiple means of expression and multiple means of what? Wikipedia, article "Universal Design for Learning", lead section. Test outline, competency 2
  • Which practice is listed under FEAP Standard 4, Learning Environment? Florida Administrative Code, Rule 6A-5.065, The Florida Educator Accomplished Practices, subsection (2)(d), Standard 4: Learning Environment. Test outline, competency 2
  • Which technique organizes class activity so that students depend on each other, each group assembling one piece of an assignment? Wikipedia, article "Jigsaw (teaching technique)", lead section. Test outline, competency 2

Instructional delivery and facilitation 11

  • The 2001 revision of Bloom's taxonomy renamed the levels and reordered the top two. Which level is now the highest? Wikipedia, article "Bloom's taxonomy", lead section. Test outline, competency 3
  • A biology teacher explains how blood moves through the heart while pointing to a labeled diagram. Which IES recommendation does this follow? Institute of Education Sciences, practice guide Organizing Instruction and Study to Improve Student Learning (NCER 2007-2004), Recommendation 3. Test outline, competency 3
  • A teacher gives one group a simpler text on the water cycle and another a more demanding one. Which element of instruction has been differentiated? Wikipedia, article "Differentiated instruction", lead section. Test outline, competency 3
  • A teacher opens a unit on volcanoes by asking students a few questions about material they have not yet been taught. Which IES recommendation is this? Institute of Education Sciences, practice guide Organizing Instruction and Study to Improve Student Learning (NCER 2007-2004), Recommendation 5a. Test outline, competency 3
  • According to FEAP Standard 5, an appropriate instructional pace is one that maximizes what? Florida Administrative Code, Rule 6A-5.065, The Florida Educator Accomplished Practices, subsection (2)(e), Standard 5: Instructional Delivery. Test outline, competency 3
  • How does FEAP Standard 5 describe the feedback an educator delivers? Florida Administrative Code, Rule 6A-5.065, The Florida Educator Accomplished Practices, subsection (2)(e), Standard 5: Instructional Delivery. Test outline, competency 3
  • How does the IES guide Organizing Instruction and Study treat quizzing? Institute of Education Sciences, practice guide Organizing Instruction and Study to Improve Student Learning (NCER 2007-2004), Recommendation 5. Test outline, competency 3
  • Mid-lesson, students hold up answers on whiteboards and the teacher reteaches a step most of them missed. Which FEAP Standard 5 practice is this? Florida Administrative Code, Rule 6A-5.065, The Florida Educator Accomplished Practices, subsection (2)(e), Standard 5: Instructional Delivery. Test outline, competency 3
  • What do the three columns of a KWL chart record? Wikipedia, article "KWL table", lead section. Test outline, competency 3
  • Which kind of question does the IES guide Organizing Instruction and Study recommend for helping students build explanations? Institute of Education Sciences, practice guide Organizing Instruction and Study to Improve Student Learning (NCER 2007-2004), Recommendation 7. Test outline, competency 3
  • Which list gives the four strategies of reciprocal teaching? Wikipedia, article "Reciprocal teaching", lead section. Test outline, competency 3

Assessment strategies 8

  • A mathematics test uses such long reading passages that it may be measuring reading instead. Which quality of the test is at risk? Wikipedia, article "Test validity", lead section. Test outline, competency 4
  • A score report places a student relative to a national group of students who took the same test. What kind of test produces this result? Wikipedia, article "Norm-referenced test", lead section. Test outline, competency 4
  • A teacher reads exit tickets after a lesson and regroups students for the next day. What kind of assessment are the exit tickets? Wikipedia, article "Formative assessment", lead section. Test outline, competency 4
  • A teacher writes a unit test simply to see whether each student has learned the material. How is such a test classified? Wikipedia, article "Criterion-referenced test", lead section. Test outline, competency 4
  • At the end of a six-week unit, a teacher gives a test and compares each student's result with the grade-level benchmark. What kind of assessment is this? Wikipedia, article "Summative assessment", lead section. Test outline, competency 4
  • In education, what is a rubric? Wikipedia, article "Rubric (academic)", lead section. Test outline, competency 4
  • The same students take the same test two weeks apart and score very differently, with no teaching in between. Which quality of the test is in doubt? Wikipedia, article "Reliability (statistics)", Types. Test outline, competency 4
  • Sixth graders chart their own quiz scores each Friday and write a goal for the next week. Which recommendation of the IES data guide does the routine follow? Institute of Education Sciences, practice guide Using Student Achievement Data to Support Instructional Decision Making (NCEE 2009-4067), Recommendation 2. Test outline, competency 4

Continuous professional improvement 7

  • A teacher tries a new vocabulary routine, gathers evidence on how it works, reflects, and adjusts it. Which kind of inquiry joins taking action and doing research in this way? Wikipedia, article "Action research", lead section. Test outline, competency 5
  • According to the IES guide on using student achievement data, how should teachers treat data? Institute of Education Sciences, practice guide Using Student Achievement Data to Support Instructional Decision Making (NCEE 2009-4067), Recommendation 1. Test outline, competency 5
  • FEAP Standard 2 names something the educator reflects on for professional growth. What is it? Florida Administrative Code, Rule 6A-5.065, The Florida Educator Accomplished Practices, subsection (2)(b), Standard 2. Test outline, competency 5
  • In FEAP Standard 2, relevant professional learning improves content knowledge and instruction grounded in what? Florida Administrative Code, Rule 6A-5.065, The Florida Educator Accomplished Practices, subsection (2)(b), Standard 2. Test outline, competency 5
  • Rule 6A-5.065 calls the Accomplished Practices the foundational framework for educator preparation programs, certification requirements, professional learning and which other system? Florida Administrative Code, Rule 6A-5.065, The Florida Educator Accomplished Practices, subsection (1), Purpose. Test outline, competency 5
  • Teachers of one grade meet weekly in a standing group to study their practice together. What is this arrangement called? Wikipedia, article "Professional learning community", lead section. Test outline, competency 5
  • Which step does the IES data guide recommend at the school level? Institute of Education Sciences, practice guide Using Student Achievement Data to Support Instructional Decision Making (NCEE 2009-4067), Recommendation 3. Test outline, competency 5

Principles of Professional Conduct 6

  • A Florida teacher is arrested for an offense listed under s. 435.04(2), Florida Statutes. Under the Principles of Professional Conduct, how soon must the teacher self-report the arrest? Florida Administrative Code, Rule 6A-10.081, Principles of Professional Conduct for the Education Profession in Florida, subsection (2)(c)13.a. Test outline, competency 6
  • A parent offers a teacher an expensive gift during the week grades are decided. What do the Principles of Professional Conduct require? Florida Administrative Code, Rule 6A-10.081, Principles of Professional Conduct for the Education Profession in Florida, subsection (2)(b)4. Test outline, competency 6
  • A parent sends a written request to review her son's cumulative folder. Under 34 CFR 99.10, the school must comply within a reasonable time and no later than how long after it receives the request? Code of Federal Regulations, 34 CFR Part 99 (Family Educational Rights and Privacy), section 99.10(b). Test outline, competency 6
  • A student tells a teacher she has been left alone at home for days. The teacher is not certain it is neglect. Under section 39.201, Florida Statutes, when must the teacher report to the central abuse hotline? Florida Statutes, section 39.201, subsection (1)(a). Test outline, competency 6
  • For how long may the Education Practices Commission suspend an educator certificate? Florida Statutes, section 1012.795, subsection (1). Test outline, competency 6
  • What is the largest administrative fine a panel of the Education Practices Commission may impose for each count? Florida Statutes, section 1012.796, subsection (7)(c). Test outline, competency 6

Teaching English language learners 4

  • A newcomer chats easily with friends at lunch but struggles with the textbook. Which pair of terms describes the two kinds of proficiency involved? Wikipedia, article "Cognitive academic language proficiency", lead section. Test outline, competency 7
  • Every student is surveyed at initial registration in a Florida public school. Which question is on that survey? Florida Administrative Code, Rule 6A-6.0902, subsection (1). Test outline, competency 7
  • How does the IES guide on teaching English learners recommend that academic vocabulary be taught? Institute of Education Sciences, practice guide Teaching Academic Content and Literacy to English Learners in Elementary and Middle School (NCEE 2014-4012), Recommendation 1. Test outline, competency 7
  • Which accommodation does Rule 6A-6.09091 name for English Language Learners on statewide standardized assessments? Florida Administrative Code, Rule 6A-6.09091, subsection (2). Test outline, competency 7

Literacy strategies across the curriculum 4

  • A history teacher picks six terms from the next chapter, teaches their meanings directly and has students use them all week. Which IES adolescent literacy recommendation is this? Institute of Education Sciences, practice guide Improving Adolescent Literacy: Effective Classroom and Intervention Practices (NCEE 2008-4027), Recommendation 1. Test outline, competency 8
  • A science teacher models how to summarize a section of the textbook, then has students practice with guidance. Which IES adolescent literacy recommendation does this follow? Institute of Education Sciences, practice guide Improving Adolescent Literacy: Effective Classroom and Intervention Practices (NCEE 2008-4027), Recommendation 2. Test outline, competency 8
  • For struggling adolescent readers, who does the IES guide say can provide intensive and individualized interventions? Institute of Education Sciences, practice guide Improving Adolescent Literacy: Effective Classroom and Intervention Practices (NCEE 2008-4027), Recommendation 5. Test outline, competency 8
  • Which classroom practice does the IES guide Improving Adolescent Literacy recommend for deepening understanding of a text? Institute of Education Sciences, practice guide Improving Adolescent Literacy: Effective Classroom and Intervention Practices (NCEE 2008-4027), Recommendation 3. Test outline, competency 8

How this list was compiled: Our own questions, written to the competencies and skills of the FTCE Professional Education Test (083) in the test information guide on the Florida Teacher Certification Examinations website, https://www.fl.nesinc.com/studyguide/FL_SG_obj_083.htm (copyright 2018 State of Florida, Department of State), read 2026-10-09: approximately 80 multiple-choice questions in 2 hours 30 minutes, eight competencies weighted 18, 15, 18, 14, 12, 9, 7 and 7 percent. This bank holds 60: 11, 9, 11, 8, 7, 6, 4 and 4. Every fact was read in the public document named under its question (each opened 2026-10-09): Florida Administrative Code rules 6A-5.065 (the Florida Educator Accomplished Practices, as amended 8-25-26), 6A-10.081 (the Principles of Professional Conduct), 6A-6.0902 and 6A-6.09091 on flrules.org; Florida Statutes sections 1012.795, 1012.796 and 39.201 on leg.state.fl.us; the FERPA regulations at 34 CFR Part 99 and 34 CFR 300.5 on ecfr.gov; practice guides of the Institute of Education Sciences on organizing instruction, behavior, data use, adolescent literacy, English learners and response to intervention; and Wikipedia articles for terms. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site.

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