MTLE Special Education Core Skills case studies
MTLE Special Education Core Skills · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Special Education Core Skills (Birth to Age 21) examination is one of the content-area tests listed in the Minnesota Teacher Licensure Examinations (MTLE) program, which is the testing system candidates for Minnesota educator licensure use. It appears on the official MTLE test list alongside the pedagogy tests and the other content-area tests such as Elementary Education (Grades K–6), English as a Second Language (Grades K–12), and Reading Teacher (Grades K–12). The MTLE Special Education Core Skills case studies are 5 cases and about 2,520 words.
1Parent Request for Evaluation: Third-Grade Reading
Mateo is a third grader at a suburban Minnesota elementary school. Since kindergarten his DIBELS composite has stayed in the “well below benchmark” range; in fall of third grade he read 38 words correct per minute on a grade-level passage while the class median was 92.
512 words, about 3 min2Transition Planning and Guardianship for a 17-Year-Old
Jasmine is 17 and in 11th grade at a large high school. She has autism spectrum disorder and a mild intellectual disability; she reads at a second-grade level and uses a visual schedule.
507 words, about 3 min3Manifestation Determination After Repeated Suspensions
Devon is a 14-year-old seventh grader identified as EBD and ADHD. He attends a middle school where his IEP calls for a daily check-in/check-out plan, a 10-minute de-escalation break, and weekly counseling.
501 words, about 3 min4Co-Teaching, Paraeducator Roles, and Math Access
Chen co-teach a fifth-grade math class of 28 students, 6 with IEPs. Chen, the special educator, typically sits at the back table and works only with the six students on a below-grade worksheet while Ms.
498 words, about 2 min5Bilingual Evaluation: Language Difference or Disability?
Sofia is a second grader who moved from rural Guatemala 18 months ago. She speaks Spanish at home and has attended school in the U.S.
502 words, about 3 min