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A special education exam guide for the ETS selected-response format, learning disability characteristics, inclusive environments, instruction, eligibility, placement, assessment data, IDEA, and professional responsibilities.
Praxis 5383 preparation should connect LD characteristics with instructional choices: processing differences, literacy and vocabulary supports, curriculum access, assessment data, eligibility decisions, placement, IEP planning, behavior supports, and collaboration.
Use these ETS structure points to organize Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities study before moving into eligibility and instruction scenarios.
ETS lists Praxis 5383 as a computer-delivered selected-response exam with varied selected-response item types.
The exam is 2 hours.
The current ETS study companion lists 120 selected-response questions.
Instruction is the largest category at 33 questions, or 28%.
The development domain covers typical and atypical growth, etiology, incidence, risk factors, cognitive processing, language development, coexisting conditions, medication effects, and social-emotional development.
Instruction is the largest domain at 28%. Review explicit instruction, lesson objectives, literacy development, subject-area vocabulary, inclusive classroom variables, feedback, assistive strategies, communication supports, and skill generalization.
The exam separates identification, eligibility, and placement as its own domain. Practice interpreting formal and informal data, avoiding misidentification, applying IDEA procedures, and connecting results to program recommendations.
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Praxis Special Education: Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities 5383 measures whether entry-level special educators of students with learning disabilities have standards-relevant knowledge, skills, and abilities for competent professional practice. ETS lists a computer-delivered, 2-hour exam with 120 selected-response questions, including single-answer, multiple-answer, numeric-entry, and other selected-response item types.
The current ETS study companion divides Praxis 5383 into five content categories: Development and Characteristics of Students with Learning Disabilities at 20 questions, or 17%; Planning and Managing the Learning Environment at 32 questions, or 26%; Instruction at 33 questions, or 28%; Identification, Eligibility, and Placement at 14 questions, or 12%; and Foundations and Professional Responsibilities at 21 questions, or 17%. Preparation should cover typical and atypical development, etiology and risk factors, language and cognitive processing, coexisting conditions, curriculum development, inclusive environments, behavior supports, assistive technology, literacy instruction, subject-area vocabulary, assessment interpretation, eligibility, placement, IDEA safeguards, IEPs, transition planning, collaboration, and family communication.
ETS lists the exam as 2 hours.
The current ETS study companion lists 120 selected-response questions.
Instruction is the largest category at 33 questions, or 28% of the exam.
The exam covers development and characteristics of students with learning disabilities, planning and managing the learning environment, instruction, identification, eligibility and placement, and foundations and professional responsibilities.
Study IDEA screening, prereferral, referral, identification, classification, procedural safeguards, IEP components, placement decisions, transition planning, and family communication.
Track LD characteristics, learning environments, instruction, eligibility and placement, and professional responsibilities separately.
Practice phonological processing, decoding, comprehension, vocabulary, written expression, memory, attention, language development, and content-area access strategies.
Use cases involving referral, prereferral, assessment data, exclusionary factors, misidentification, IEP team decisions, placement, and accommodations.
Complete 120 selected-response questions in one sitting to test pacing across LD characteristics, instruction, assessment, law, and collaboration.
Use the guide to self-serve, or talk to a coordinator if you need help mapping timelines, official requirements, or troubleshooting day-of logistics.
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