SPED ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION
ANALYSIS CHALLENGE QUESTION BANK
SOLUTIONS.
⫸ The law passed in 1975 that first established rights of students w/
disabilities to a FAPE is called what? Answer: The Education for all
Handicapped Children Act (PL 94-142)
⫸ All of the following are IDEA-specified components of the IEP
except... Answer: statement of parental support
⫸ What is the role of the general education teacher in the
implementation of the IEP? Answer: provide accommodations
⫸ Special Education law currently requires that parents be involved
in the education of children w/ disabilities w/ regard to .... Answer:
program planning (i.e., IEPs) and Testing & evaluation
⫸ Full-time placement in the general education classroom... Answer:
is restrictive and inappropriate if the child's needs cannot be met there
⫸ The term "continuum of services" is best described as... Answer:
a range of individualized placement and service options
, ⫸ What best describes a prereferral intervention? Answer: it reduces
the chances of identifying a child for special education who is not
disabled
⫸ What is the best way to describe co-teaching? Answer: when the
gen. ed and sp. ed. teachers work cooperatively to teach
heterogeneous groups of students in the gen. ed. classroom
⫸ The co-teaching model in which teachers take turns presenting and
leading class activities and share responsibilities equally is known
as... Answer: team teaching
⫸ The reauthorization of IDEA in 2004 recognized the problems of
the discrepancy approach to identification of learning disabilities by....
Answer: emphasizing the use of scientific, research-based
interventions as a part of the evaluation process, allowing it but not
requiring it, suggesting that identification not occur unless the child
doesn't respond to intervention
⫸ According to IDEA, a learning disability manifests itself as an
imperfect ability to... Answer: read & write, think, speak & write,
read & do mathematical calculations
⫸ Terry is always raising his hand in class. He usually knows the
answers & enjoys discussing history w/ his 5th grade teacher. He is
unable, however, to write his ideas & p.o.v. on paper & often doesn't
complete his hw. His handwriting is illegible & even Terry has
difficulty understanding what he is writing. Which term best describes
Terry's condition? Answer: Dysgraphia
ANALYSIS CHALLENGE QUESTION BANK
SOLUTIONS.
⫸ The law passed in 1975 that first established rights of students w/
disabilities to a FAPE is called what? Answer: The Education for all
Handicapped Children Act (PL 94-142)
⫸ All of the following are IDEA-specified components of the IEP
except... Answer: statement of parental support
⫸ What is the role of the general education teacher in the
implementation of the IEP? Answer: provide accommodations
⫸ Special Education law currently requires that parents be involved
in the education of children w/ disabilities w/ regard to .... Answer:
program planning (i.e., IEPs) and Testing & evaluation
⫸ Full-time placement in the general education classroom... Answer:
is restrictive and inappropriate if the child's needs cannot be met there
⫸ The term "continuum of services" is best described as... Answer:
a range of individualized placement and service options
, ⫸ What best describes a prereferral intervention? Answer: it reduces
the chances of identifying a child for special education who is not
disabled
⫸ What is the best way to describe co-teaching? Answer: when the
gen. ed and sp. ed. teachers work cooperatively to teach
heterogeneous groups of students in the gen. ed. classroom
⫸ The co-teaching model in which teachers take turns presenting and
leading class activities and share responsibilities equally is known
as... Answer: team teaching
⫸ The reauthorization of IDEA in 2004 recognized the problems of
the discrepancy approach to identification of learning disabilities by....
Answer: emphasizing the use of scientific, research-based
interventions as a part of the evaluation process, allowing it but not
requiring it, suggesting that identification not occur unless the child
doesn't respond to intervention
⫸ According to IDEA, a learning disability manifests itself as an
imperfect ability to... Answer: read & write, think, speak & write,
read & do mathematical calculations
⫸ Terry is always raising his hand in class. He usually knows the
answers & enjoys discussing history w/ his 5th grade teacher. He is
unable, however, to write his ideas & p.o.v. on paper & often doesn't
complete his hw. His handwriting is illegible & even Terry has
difficulty understanding what he is writing. Which term best describes
Terry's condition? Answer: Dysgraphia
