NYSTCE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION TEST
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE SOLUTION VERIFIED PASS
●● Individuals with Disabilities Improvement Act (IDEIA)
Answer: federal law that governs the education of children with
disabilities
●● Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Answer: U.S. legislation granting educational rights to people with
cognitive, emotional, or physical disabilities from birth until age 21;
initially passed in 1975, it has been amended and reauthorized in 1997
and again in 2004. IDEA operates under six basic principles: zero reject,
nondiscriminatory identification and evaluation, free and appropriate
public education, least restrictive environment, due process, and parent
and student participation in shared decision making with regard to
educational planning.
●● Child Find
Answer: A function of each state, mandated by federal law, to locate and
refer individuals who might require special education
●● Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)
,Answer: Special education and related services that (a) have been
provided at public expense, under public supervision and direction and
without charge; (b) meet the standards of the state educational agency;
(c) include an appropriate preschool, elementary, or secondary school
education in the state involved; and (d) are provided in conformity with
the individualized education program
●● Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
Answer: a legal requirement that children with special needs be assigned
to the most general educational context in which they can be expected to
learn
●● Continuum of Services
Answer: matching the needs of the student with an appropriate
placement on an individual basis
●● Individualized Education Plan (IEP)
Answer: a legal document defining the educational program and related
services for a specific student who has a disability
●● Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP)
Answer: a written document similar to an IEP that focuses on the family
and the child's natural environment
●● Vocational Rehabilitation Act
, Answer: prohibits discrimination on the basis of physical or mental
disabilities
●● Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
Answer: helps ensure the privacy of educational records such as IEPs
●● Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
Answer: increases the accountability of schools with respect to the
academic progress of students with disabilities
●● Committee on Special Education (CSE)
Answer: stores student special education records, opens all initial
referrals and assigns a CSE case number for public school students. The
CSE also manages all special education issues for non-public schools
(private, parochial) and charter schools
●● Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE)
Answer: for children between the ages of 3 and 5
●● Procedural Safeguards
Answer: provisions of IDEA designed to protect students and parents in
the special education process
●● Due Process
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION TEST
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE SOLUTION VERIFIED PASS
●● Individuals with Disabilities Improvement Act (IDEIA)
Answer: federal law that governs the education of children with
disabilities
●● Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Answer: U.S. legislation granting educational rights to people with
cognitive, emotional, or physical disabilities from birth until age 21;
initially passed in 1975, it has been amended and reauthorized in 1997
and again in 2004. IDEA operates under six basic principles: zero reject,
nondiscriminatory identification and evaluation, free and appropriate
public education, least restrictive environment, due process, and parent
and student participation in shared decision making with regard to
educational planning.
●● Child Find
Answer: A function of each state, mandated by federal law, to locate and
refer individuals who might require special education
●● Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)
,Answer: Special education and related services that (a) have been
provided at public expense, under public supervision and direction and
without charge; (b) meet the standards of the state educational agency;
(c) include an appropriate preschool, elementary, or secondary school
education in the state involved; and (d) are provided in conformity with
the individualized education program
●● Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
Answer: a legal requirement that children with special needs be assigned
to the most general educational context in which they can be expected to
learn
●● Continuum of Services
Answer: matching the needs of the student with an appropriate
placement on an individual basis
●● Individualized Education Plan (IEP)
Answer: a legal document defining the educational program and related
services for a specific student who has a disability
●● Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP)
Answer: a written document similar to an IEP that focuses on the family
and the child's natural environment
●● Vocational Rehabilitation Act
, Answer: prohibits discrimination on the basis of physical or mental
disabilities
●● Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
Answer: helps ensure the privacy of educational records such as IEPs
●● Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
Answer: increases the accountability of schools with respect to the
academic progress of students with disabilities
●● Committee on Special Education (CSE)
Answer: stores student special education records, opens all initial
referrals and assigns a CSE case number for public school students. The
CSE also manages all special education issues for non-public schools
(private, parochial) and charter schools
●● Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE)
Answer: for children between the ages of 3 and 5
●● Procedural Safeguards
Answer: provisions of IDEA designed to protect students and parents in
the special education process
●● Due Process
