MTLE Special Education Core Skills (Birth to Age 21) Subtest I (186) Practice

Evaluations in special education focus on measuring academic and functional skills and tracking progress toward goals. Norm-referenced tests compare a student’s performance to a national sample to situate their overall achievement. Criterion-referenced assessments measure mastery of specific skills or standards, showing what the student can do relative to those targets. Curriculum-based measurements provide frequent, curriculum-aligned progress data to monitor growth over time. Personality inventories, on the other hand, assess traits like temperament or motivation, which aren’t direct measures of academic achievement or eligibility for special education services. Because of that, they’re not typically used in the standard evaluation process.