Free TExES 164 Practice Questions

Question 1

A district's bilingual program uses a well-regarded dual language model, is staffed entirely by certified bilingual teachers, and is fully resourced with grade-level materials in both languages. After five years, emergent bilingual students in the program show no reduction in the achievement gap compared with their peers. Under the standard established in Castaneda v. Pickard, the district is required to:

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Modify the program, because it is not overcoming students' language barriers

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Continue the program, since it rests on sound educational theory and is fully staffed

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Replace the bilingual program with a structured English immersion model

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Report the results to the U.S. Department of Education and await further guidance

Question 2

A teacher states that federal law requires every district to provide bilingual education to students who speak a language other than English at home, citing Lau v. Nichols. Which statement MOST accurately corrects this claim?

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The ruling requires affirmative steps but does not mandate a specific program model

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The ruling applies only to districts that receive federal Title III grant funding

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The ruling was superseded by the Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974

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The ruling mandates bilingual education wherever 20 or more students share a language classification

Question 3

A campus principal is convening a Language Proficiency Assessment Committee to review placement decisions for newly identified emergent bilingual students. The committee currently includes a bilingual education teacher, an ESL-certified teacher, and the assistant principal. To meet Texas requirements, the principal must ALSO include:

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A parent of an emergent bilingual student not employed by the district

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A licensed speech-language pathologist with training in second-language development

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A certified special education diagnostician from the district assessment team

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A representative from the regional education service center that serves the district

Question 4

The parents of a third-grade student identified as emergent bilingual sign a form denying placement in the district's bilingual education program. Which statement about the student's status is accurate?

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The student remains classified as emergent bilingual and is assessed annually with TELPAS

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The student is no longer classified as emergent bilingual and exits monitoring

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The student's classification is suspended until the LPAC reconvenes in the spring

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The student must be retested for English proficiency each semester until the parents consent to placement

Question 5

A second-grade classroom includes 12 native Spanish speakers identified as emergent bilingual and 10 native English speakers whose families enrolled them to learn Spanish. Instruction alternates by day between Spanish and English, with both languages used for grade-level content. This program is BEST classified as:

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Two-way dual language immersion

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Transitional bilingual education, late exit

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One-way dual language immersion

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Content-based English as a second language

Question 6

During a fourth-grade science lesson in a dual language classroom, a teacher states each sentence first in Spanish and then repeats it in English. Which criticism of this practice is BEST supported by research?

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Students learn to tune out the language they understand less well

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It exceeds the instructional time the program model allocates to each language

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It prevents students from receiving grade-level content in either language

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It violates state requirements for linguistically accommodated instruction

Question 7

A fifth-grade emergent bilingual student who has attended U.S. schools since kindergarten converses easily with peers and adults but scores in the lowest quartile on a written social studies assessment. Her TELPAS ratings are Advanced High in listening and speaking and Intermediate in reading and writing. Which explanation is BEST supported by research?

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Her conversational proficiency has developed ahead of her academic language proficiency

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She has reached the threshold at which cognitive benefits of bilingualism emerge

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Her continued use of Spanish is interfering with English academic achievement

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She is likely eligible for evaluation for a specific learning disability in reading

Question 8

A newly arrived first-grade student has been in the classroom for five weeks. She follows routines accurately, points to the correct picture when asked, and completes sorting tasks correctly, but has not spoken aloud in class in either language. Which teacher action is MOST appropriate?

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Continue providing comprehensible input and accept nonverbal demonstrations of understanding

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Refer the student to the LPAC to consider a different program placement

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Assess the student's expressive language in Spanish to rule out a delay

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Require the student to give at least one spoken response each day

Question 9

A Spanish-speaking kindergarten student consistently pronounces 'school' as 'eschool' and 'sports' as 'esports.' Which explanation is MOST accurate?

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Spanish words do not begin with /s/ followed by a consonant

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The student has not yet acquired the English phoneme /s/

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The student is applying an English spelling pattern to speech

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The student's home dialect of Spanish adds vowels to English borrowed words

Question 10

A fourth-grade teacher wants students to draw on their Spanish knowledge to expand their English academic vocabulary. Which instructional practice is MOST effective?

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Teaching students to identify cognates and verify their meaning in context

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Providing a bilingual dictionary for students to consult during independent reading

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Translating each new English academic term into Spanish before students read

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Assigning a weekly list of English academic terms for students to memorize

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