A district wants course materials that teachers may legally keep, share and adapt at no cost. What are such materials called?Wikipedia, Open educational resources (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0001
A narrated slide packs dense text, a decorative animation and background music onto one screen, and learners remember little. Which theory explains the problem?Wikipedia, Cognitive load (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0003
A school board votes to issue every enrolled student a laptop for use in all classes. What is this model called?Wikipedia, One-to-one computing (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0001
A specialist is choosing a quiz tool and wants it to launch from inside the district's learning management system and pass grades back. Which standard should the tool support?Wikipedia, Learning Tools Interoperability (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0001
A specialist wants to know whether a new typing app works. She and two teachers try it with their classes, gather data, reflect and adjust. Which research approach is this?Wikipedia, Action research (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0003
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Foundations of technology in education, continued
A student who cannot speak selects symbols on a tablet, which then says the words aloud. To which field of assistive technology does this tool belong?Wikipedia, Augmentative and alternative communication (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0002
The federal rule on web accessibility for state and local government bodies, public school districts among them, sets which technical standard for web content and mobile apps?Legal Information Institute, 28 CFR 35.200 (Americans with Disabilities Act, Title II regulation) (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0002
May an Illinois elementary or secondary school require a student to hand over the password to a personal social networking account?Illinois Compiled Statutes, 105 ILCS 75/15 (Right to Privacy in the School Setting Act) (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0002
Staff sign in to the student information system with a password and then a code from a phone app. What is this protection called?Wikipedia, Multi-factor authentication (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0002
Two reading apps are under review. Both fit the curriculum; only one works with the district's single sign-on and its student devices. Which criterion decides between them?Own work: the answer rests on the text printed in the question and on the wording of the objective. Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0001
Under the Illinois Student Online Personal Protection Act, how soon must an operator tell a school about a breach of students' covered information?Illinois Compiled Statutes, 105 ILCS 85/15 (Student Online Personal Protection Act) (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0002
Which 1983 federal report warned of "a rising tide of mediocrity" in American schools and set off a wave of reform?Wikipedia, A Nation at Risk (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0003
Instructional technology infrastructure 8
A brief power cut keeps corrupting the server that holds the gradebook. Which device keeps it running long enough to shut down safely?Wikipedia, Uninterruptible power supply (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0004
A district follows the 3-2-1 rule for its backups. What does the rule call for?Wikipedia, Backup (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0005
A district links its nine school buildings, spread across a county, into one network over leased lines. What kind of network is this?Wikipedia, Wide area network (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0005
A district must push apps, settings and restrictions to 2,000 student tablets from one console. Which kind of system does this?Wikipedia, Mobile device management (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0004
A lab computer fails each time it starts after a new program was installed. A technician restarts it in a diagnostic mode, in which the operating system runs with reduced functionality. What is this mode called?Wikipedia, Safe mode (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0004
A specialist recommends a word processor whose source code is public, so the district may use, study, modify and share it. What kind of software is it?Wikipedia, Open-source software (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0005
Tablets in a new wing cannot join the school network because the wired network there has no device for them to connect through. What must be installed?Wikipedia, Wireless access point (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0004
Which administrative software registers students in courses and keeps their grades, transcripts and attendance?Wikipedia, Student information system (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0005
Integration of technology into instruction 12
A coach helps a teacher let students show what they learned about ecosystems as a podcast, an infographic or a model. Which element of instruction is being differentiated?Wikipedia, Differentiated instruction (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0008
A coach models a lesson in which students keep a short video journal on how they solved a coding problem and what they would change. Which habit of mind does this build?Wikipedia, Metacognition (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0008
A coach shows teachers a dashboard that gathers quiz scores, time on task and log-in data so they can adjust lessons. What is this field called?Wikipedia, Learning analytics (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0008
A counselor asks whether a keyboarding class counts as computer science under the Illinois School Code. What does the definition say?Illinois Compiled Statutes, 105 ILCS 5/27-310 (formerly 27-23.15) (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0006
A course module built in one authoring tool must report scores to any learning management system the district may buy later. Which set of e-learning standards covers this?Wikipedia, Sharable Content Object Reference Model (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0007
A specialist watches five students work through a new tutorial and notes where each one gets stuck. Which evaluation technique is this?Wikipedia, Usability testing (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0007
A unit has students compare how three news sites and a video channel present the same event, then make their own short report. Which literacy is it building?Wikipedia, Media literacy (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0006
An instructional designer names the five phases of a common design framework. Which list is it?Wikipedia, ADDIE model (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0007
Before building an interactive lesson, a teacher sketches each screen in order, with notes on what the learner sees and clicks. What is this planning tool called?Wikipedia, Storyboard (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0007
For six weeks students act as city planners, study a real traffic problem with online data and present a proposal to the council. Which teaching method is the coach modeling?Wikipedia, Project-based learning (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0008
Illinois law requires a district to teach a unit on Internet safety. How often, and to which grades?Illinois Compiled Statutes, 105 ILCS 5/27-410 (formerly 27-13.3) (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0006
What must the school board of an Illinois district with high school grades provide under the computer science section of the School Code?Illinois Compiled Statutes, 105 ILCS 5/27-310 (formerly 27-23.15) (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0006
Management, planning and professional development 16
A budget for 600 laptops adds cases, licenses, repairs, training and disposal to the purchase price. Which estimate is the specialist preparing?Wikipedia, Total cost of ownership (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0010
A district plans to spend its federal Title IV, Part A funds for the effective use of technology. What is the limit on buying technology infrastructure?Legal Information Institute, 20 U.S.C. 7119 (activities to support the effective use of technology) (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0009
A district publishes a document that describes its need for a new student information system and invites vendors to submit competing offers. What is the document?Wikipedia, Request for proposal (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0010
A few teachers try every new tool at once; a respected second group follows and persuades the rest. In Everett Rogers's categories, who is the second group?Wikipedia, Diffusion of innovations (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0009
A high school moves to four 90-minute classes a day so that lab and project work with technology fits in one sitting. What is this schedule called?Wikipedia, Block scheduling (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0009
A hosting contract promises that the gradebook will be available 99.9 percent of the time and sets remedies if it is not. What is this part of the contract called?Wikipedia, Service-level agreement (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0010
A specialist studying how adults learn reads Malcolm Knowles. On which view of the adult learner does andragogy rest?Wikipedia, Andragogy (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0012
A teacher asks about free university courses on the web that anyone may join in unlimited numbers. Which kind of course is this?Wikipedia, Massive open online course (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0011
A technology committee has each member write ideas silently, share them one at a time and then rank them by vote, so that every voice counts. Which group process is this?Wikipedia, Nominal group technique (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0009
An Illinois professional educator license is renewed in 5-year cycles. How much professional development does the School Code ask for in each cycle?Illinois Compiled Statutes, 105 ILCS 5/21B-45 (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0011
Fred Davis's model predicts that teachers will take up a new gradebook if they believe it will help their work and take little effort to use. What is the model called?Wikipedia, Technology acceptance model (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0009
The Illinois School Code sends contracts over $35,000 to the lowest responsible bidder after advertisement. How does it treat purchases of data processing equipment, software and telecommunications services?Illinois Compiled Statutes, 105 ILCS 5/10-20.21 (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0010
Technology coaches from several districts meet online each month to share what they try and to get better at coaching. What do Lave and Wenger call such a group?Wikipedia, Community of practice (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0011
To manage a summer device rollout, a specialist draws a bar chart with one bar per task, laid along a calendar. What is the chart called?Wikipedia, Gantt chart (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0012
Under the Illinois e-learning day program, how much instruction or school work must a district ensure and verify for each student on an e-learning day?Illinois Compiled Statutes, 105 ILCS 5/10-20.56 (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0010
Whose "four level" model would a specialist use to evaluate a training course?Wikipedia, Donald Kirkpatrick (read 2026-10-15). Outline: ILTS Technology Specialist (223) test framework, objective 0011
How this list was compiled: Our own questions, written to the test design and framework of Illinois Licensure Testing System (ILTS) field 223, Technology Specialist, as the ILTS site prints them (https://www.il.nesinc.com/Content/STUDYGUIDE/IL_SG_OBJ_223.htm and the test page https://www.il.nesinc.com/TestView.aspx?f=HTML_FRAG/IL223_TestPage.html, read 2026-10-15): Foundations of Technology in Education, 25%; Instructional Technology Infrastructure, 17%; Integration of Technology into Instruction, 25%; Management, Planning, and Professional Development, 33%; 100 multiple-choice questions (80 scorable), 3 hours 15 minutes of testing time, passing score 240. This bank holds 48 questions, spread 12, 8, 12, 16 over those subareas. Every fact was read on 2026-10-15 in the public page named under its question: the Illinois Compiled Statutes on the Illinois General Assembly site (the School Code, the Student Online Personal Protection Act and the Right to Privacy in the School Setting Act), the U.S. Code and the Code of Federal Regulations in the Legal Information Institute copy (20 U.S.C. 7119, 28 CFR 35.200), and the Wikipedia article named for each remaining question. 1 question rests on the situation printed in the question and on the wording of the objective. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site.
How it works
This free ILTS Technology Specialist practice test puts 48 questions of our own on field 223, timed when you want. Unofficial: neither the Illinois State Board of Education nor Pearson is affiliated with this site.
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What field 223 weighs
By the framework read October 15, 2026: foundations of technology in education 25%; instructional technology infrastructure 17%; integration of technology into instruction 25%; management, planning and professional development 33%. This bank holds 12, 8, 12 and 16. A timed round of 40 allows 78 minutes, which is the real pace.
Illinois law in the answers
Eight questions rest on Illinois statutes: the Student Online Personal Protection Act, the Right to Privacy in the School Setting Act, and School Code sections on Internet safety lessons, computer science courses, bidding, e-learning days and license renewal.
Two School Code sections carry new numbers: Internet safety is now 27-410 (it was 27-13.3) and computer science is 27-310 (it was 27-23.15).
Questions and answers
What is on the ILTS Technology Specialist test?
Twelve objectives in four subareas: digital tools, ethics, law and learning research; installing and choosing hardware, software and networks; technology literacy, instructional design and coaching teachers; and vision, facilities, staff development and professional growth.
How many questions are on the ILTS Technology Specialist test?
A hundred multiple-choice questions, answered on a computer in 3 hours 15 minutes; the whole appointment is 3 hours 30 minutes. Eighty count toward the score, by the framework.
What is the passing score for ILTS 223?
The test page gives 240. Content-area scores are reported from 100 to 300, and a subarea score is feedback only, by the score report explanation.
Is this ILTS Technology Specialist practice test free?
Yes, and it needs no account. The 48 questions were written for this page from the framework's twelve objectives, and each answer names the public page or the section of law where it can be checked. No ILTS sample question was used.