This pretest is designed to provide you with a sample of the type of information discussed in this unit. Answer each question, then submit the form by pressing the button at the end of the pretest. Your responses will be scored and a page identifying the items you got correct and incorrect will be returned. Once you have submited your answers may access the answers to the pretest.

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1. It is important to have a clear idea of your roles and responsibilities.

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2. There are no legal limits to the duties paraeducators perform.

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3. A teacher's responsibilities include assessing a student's level of performance and planning for instruction.

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4. Only a teacher is permitted to carry out activities which implement the goals and objectives of the IEP.

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5. A teacher does not need to communicate the needs of students to the paraeducator because it is the paraeducator's job to determine what the needs are.

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6. Paraeducators with little or no training and experience may be assigned fewer responsibilities.

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7. Paraeducator duties must remain consistent from one classroom to the next regardless of which teacher is supervising them.

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8. A paraeducator may not assist individual students in performing activities, even if they have been initiated by a teacher.

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9. Paraeducators may supervise the hallway between classes.

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10. It is legal for paraeducators to score objective tests and maintain records for teachers.

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11. Paraeducators may help organize field trips.

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12. The paraeducator may assist in preparing instructional materials.

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13. A paraeducator may read aloud to children or listen while children read to them.

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14. It is OK for a paraeducator to be totally responsible for instruction in a classroom as long as it contains fewer than eight students.

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15. A paraeducator may assign grades to students as long as she/he has worked with those students.

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16. It is legal for a paraeducator to assume full responsibility for supervising the playground or lunchroom.

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17. A paraeducator may not act as a substitute teacher unless she/he has the proper certification and is hired as a substitute.

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18. Teachers should establish the discipline policies in the classroom.

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19. Paraeducators may NOT decide which educational activities and materials to use with children.

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