A baby is born with a pupil that looks like a keyhole, because part of the tissue of the eye is missing. Which condition does the National Eye Institute describe this way?National Eye Institute, Coloboma. Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain I, competency 001
A family learns at eight months that their daughter is blind. Federal early intervention rules define an infant or toddler with a disability as a child under which age?34 CFR 303.21, Infant or toddler with a disability. Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain I, competency 004
A kindergartner has aniridia: most of the colored part of each eye is absent. Which symptom does MedlinePlus list for the condition, along with reduced sharpness of vision?MedlinePlus Genetics, Aniridia. Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain I, competency 001
A student with cerebral visual impairment finds a spoon on a bare tray at once, but not in a full drawer. Which difficulty that the National Eye Institute lists for CVI does this show?National Eye Institute, Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI). Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain I, competency 002
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Understanding students with visual impairments, continued
A student's cornea has a different shape than normal, and print looks blurry at every distance. Which refractive error does the National Eye Institute describe this way?National Eye Institute, Astigmatism. Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain I, competency 001
A Texas ninth grader hears and sees well enough today that neither loss meets the criteria alone, but he has a documented diagnosis of a progressive condition that will take both. Under the Texas rule, on what does his deaf-blind eligibility rest?19 TAC §89.1040(c)(2), Deaf-blindness. Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain I, competency 003
A Texas student meets the criteria for visual impairment. No test can pin down her hearing, but a speech-language pathologist reports no speech at an age when speech would normally be expected. How does the Texas rule treat her?19 TAC §89.1040(c)(2), Deaf-blindness. Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain I, competency 003
An eye report says a student's rod cells no longer work, while the cones are spared. Which seeing has the student most likely lost?Wikipedia, Rod cell. Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain I, competency 001
An ophthalmologist's report records NLP for both of a student's eyes. What does the entry mean?Wikipedia, Visual acuity. Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain I, competency 001
At which structure do some fibers of each optic nerve cross to the other side, so that each half of the brain receives the same half of the visual field from both eyes?Wikipedia, Optic chiasm. Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain I, competency 001
CHARGE syndrome is named for its features, the first of which is coloboma. Which loss does MedlinePlus list among the effects of abnormal cranial nerve function in the syndrome?MedlinePlus Genetics, CHARGE syndrome. Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain I, competency 003
The federal definition of an infant or toddler with a disability lists five areas of development. Under which area are vision and hearing named?34 CFR 303.21, Infant or toddler with a disability. Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain I, competency 002
Assessment of students with visual impairments 9
A Texas team is deciding whether a student is eligible on the basis of visual impairment. From whom must the medical report on the visual loss come?19 TAC §89.1040(c)(12), Visual impairment. Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain II, competency 005
A two-year-old cannot cooperate with testing, so the eye specialist cannot obtain exact measures of acuity and field. What does the Texas rule tell the specialist to do?19 TAC §89.1040(c)(12), Visual impairment. Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain II, competency 006
An eye report gives a student's distance acuity as 20/70. What does the second number of the fraction stand for?Wikipedia, Visual acuity. Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain II, competency 006
Texas law requires an orientation and mobility evaluation as part of a full individual and initial evaluation for visual impairment. Under which conditions must it be conducted?Texas Education Code §30.0021(b). Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain II, competency 005
Texas rules speak of the ARD committee. What is that committee in the words of federal law?19 TAC §89.1050, The Admission, Review, and Dismissal Committee. Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain II, competency 007
Under the Texas rule, a functional vision evaluation must end in recommendations about the need for one further thing. What is it?19 TAC §89.1040(c)(12), Visual impairment. Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain II, competency 005
Under the Texas rule, when does a child younger than three meet the criteria for visual impairment?19 TAC §89.1040(c)(12), Visual impairment. Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain II, competency 005
Under the Texas rule, which professional must take part in the multidisciplinary team at the initial eligibility determination for visual impairment and at any reevaluation?19 TAC §89.1040(c)(12), Visual impairment. Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain II, competency 005
When an individualized education program is written for a Texas child with a visual impairment, what must be a significant indicator of the child's satisfactory educational progress?Texas Education Code §30.0021(c). Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain II, competency 007
Fostering student learning and development 20
A beginning braille reader learns the letters a to j first. Which part of the braille cell do those ten letters, and the numerals, use?Wikipedia, English Braille. Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain III, competency 009
A class plans a self-advocacy project for White Cane Safety Day, which the president of the United States proclaims each year. On which date does it fall?Wikipedia, White cane. Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain III, competency 013
A physical education teacher wants a team sport designed for athletes with vision impairment. In which sport do teams of three throw a ball with bells inside it at the other team's goal?Wikipedia, Goalball. Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain III, competency 012
A student learning street crossings asks what Texas law requires of a driver who approaches a crosswalk where a pedestrian carrying a white cane is crossing. What is the driver's duty?Texas Transportation Code §552.010. Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain III, competency 013
A student who is deafblind is handed a small spoon before lunch and a scrap of towel before swimming. The objects stand for the activities. What is this kind of communication system called?Wikipedia, Tangible symbol systems. Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain III, competency 009
A student with low vision practices keeping his eyes fixed on a ball as it rolls across the table. Which type of eye movement is he training?Wikipedia, Smooth pursuit. Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain III, competency 011
A talking calculator bought with Federal Quota funds is no longer needed by the student it was ordered for. By the practice most Trustees follow, what happens to it?American Printing House for the Blind, Federal Quota. Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain III, competency 010
A teacher of students with visual impairments drives to four campuses in a week and works with one or two students at each. What is this model of service delivery called?Wikipedia, Itinerant teacher. Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain III, competency 008
A teacher types a worksheet in a word processor and needs it in braille for tomorrow. Which tool converts the electronic text and sends it to an embosser?Wikipedia, Braille translator. Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain III, competency 010
A teenager who is blind clicks his tongue as he walks and judges from the returning sound where a wall stands. What is this skill called?Wikipedia, Human echolocation. Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain III, competency 011
A Texas ARD committee may leave braille out of a child's program only on one basis. What must its documented determination rest on?Texas Education Code §30.0021(c). Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain III, competency 009
A Texas student with a visual impairment turns 18. What does the Education Code say about her right to make educational decisions?Texas Education Code §29.017. Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain III, competency 014
In English braille, where does the capital sign go?Wikipedia, English Braille. Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain III, competency 009
In the Texas statute's list of expanded core curriculum areas, which area carries the words "including optical devices"?Texas Education Code §30.0021(a). Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain III, competency 008
Texas law lists nine areas of the expanded core curriculum. Which two examples does it give of compensatory skills?Texas Education Code §30.0021(a). Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain III, competency 008
The Texas statewide plan requires districts to give staff prompt access to a named source of specialized instructional materials and aids made for students with visual impairments. Which source?Texas Education Code §30.002(c)(9). Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain III, competency 010
Under Texas law, who must provide the braille instruction written into a child's individualized education program?Texas Education Code §30.0021(d). Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain III, competency 009
Under the Texas rule, by which point must an ARD committee consider transition issues, such as the student's own involvement in the move to life outside the public school system?19 TAC §89.1055, Individualized Education Program. Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain III, competency 014
Under the Texas Transportation Code, who may carry a white cane on a public street or highway?Texas Transportation Code §552.010. Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain III, competency 013
With no sight to check them, a student still knows where her arms and legs are as she climbs a ladder. Which sense tells her?Wikipedia, Proprioception. Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain III, competency 011
Professional knowledge 9
A district's ARD committee places a student in the regular school-year program of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Who is responsible for assuring that the student receives a free appropriate public education?Texas Education Code §30.021(b). Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain IV, competency 015
A grandmother and a classroom teacher will both help write a program for a Texas child with a visual impairment. What must the district give each person who assists?Texas Education Code §30.0021(e). Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain IV, competency 016
A new teacher of students with visual impairments is told to call her regional education service center for training. How many Education Service Centers does the Texas Education Agency list?Texas Education Agency, Education Service Centers. Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain IV, competency 015
Besides teaching on its campus, the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired must provide statewide services. Which of these does the statute list among them?Texas Education Code §30.021(d). Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain IV, competency 015
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act matters to a student who uses a screen reader. What does the section address?Wikipedia, Section 508 Amendment to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain IV, competency 017
Texas distributes a special supplemental allowance for each student with a visual impairment. On what may the allowance be spent?Texas Education Code §30.0021(f). Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain IV, competency 017
Texas law requires each school district to give parents written information about programs offered by state institutions for which the district's students may be eligible. What else must that information cover?Texas Education Code §30.004. Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain IV, competency 016
The Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired is a state agency and a special school in the continuum of statewide placements. Up to what age does the statute say it serves students?Texas Education Code §30.021(a). Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain IV, competency 015
Who founded the first school for the blind, in Paris in 1785, the school that Louis Braille later entered?Wikipedia, Valentin Haüy. Written to TExES Visually Impaired (182) Domain IV, competency 017
How this list was compiled: Our own questions, written to the exam framework of TExES Visually Impaired (182) in Section 3 of the preparation manual on the Texas Educator Certification Examination Program website, https://www.tx.nesinc.com/Content/StudyGuide/TX_SG_obj_182.htm (copyright Texas Education Agency), read 2026-10-15: 100 selected-response questions in four domains, Understanding Students with Visual Impairments about 23%, Assessment of Students with Visual Impairments 18%, Fostering Student Learning and Development 41%, Professional Knowledge 18%. This bank holds 50 in those shares: 12, 9, 20 and 9. Every fact was read on the public page named under its question (28 pages, each opened 2026-10-15): Texas Education Code Chapters 29 and 30 and Transportation Code Chapter 552 on the legislature's site, 19 TAC §§89.1040, 89.1050 and 89.1055 in the Legal Information Institute's copies, 34 CFR 303.21, the National Eye Institute, MedlinePlus Genetics, the American Printing House for the Blind, the Texas Education Agency and Wikipedia articles. The questions on eye conditions state what a named page says a term means; nothing here is medical advice. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site.
How it works
A free TExES Visually Impaired practice test for exam 182, with 50 questions of our own. Nobody at the Texas Education Agency or Pearson made or approved it: the page is unofficial and not affiliated with either.
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What exam 182 covers
Fostering Student Learning and Development carries about 41% of the exam and Understanding Students with Visual Impairments 23%. Assessment of Students with Visual Impairments and Professional Knowledge carry 18% each.
On the day
Exam 182 is 100 selected-response questions and 4 hours 45 minutes at the computer, after a 15-minute tutorial.
Texas law in the answers
Twenty-five questions come from Texas law: Education Code §30.0021 on the expanded core curriculum, braille and the orientation and mobility evaluation, the sections on the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, the eligibility rule and the white cane law.
Education Code §30.0021, in force since June 20, 2025, gathers the rules on braille, the nine curriculum areas and the supplemental allowance.
The questions on eye conditions give the meaning of a term as a public health page states it. They are exam study, not medical advice.
Questions and answers
Is there a TExES Visually Impaired study guide?
Yes: the preparation manual for exam 182, free on the program site, with four domains and 17 competencies in its third section. The Texas statutes and rules cited under the answers here are worth reading beside it.
How many questions are on the TExES Visually Impaired exam?
One hundred, all selected-response. The framework draws them from four domains and says they range from early childhood to grade 12, so infants in early intervention and teenagers in transition are both in scope.
What is the passing score for TExES 182?
240. The score is scaled, so it is neither a count of questions nor a percent; the exam has 100 questions, and its page says some may be evaluated for future use and not affect a score.