SPECIAL EDUCATION CONTEMPORARY
PERSPECTIVES FOR SCHOOL
PROFESSIONALS FINAL PAPER TESTED
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
COMPLETE STUDY SHEET
●● Which age range of students is protected under the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)?
Answer: Ages 3 to 21
●● Prior to the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA), the discrepancy model was used to identify
learning disabilities.What did the reauthorization of IDEA emphasize
doing to identify learning disabilities instead?
Answer: Use scientific, research-based teaching interventions
●● Which federal program may provide health insurance for students
with disabilities?
Answer: CHIP
●● By law, infants and toddlers with disabilities must have a plan
developed for them as part of the early childhood special education
program.What is the name of this plan?
,Answer: Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP)
●● What is required for a student to qualify for protection under Section
504?
Answer: A physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or
more major life activities
●● What is a public school required to do under the provisions of FAPE?
Answer: Teach a student with special needs in the least restrictive
environment
●● Congress passed FERPA as part of which major law?
Answer: IDEA
●● The clause "It is inherently unequal to educate students with
disabilities in separate facilities" helped give educational opportunities
to students with disabilities.Which famous court case did this clause
come from?
Answer: Brown v. Board of Education
●● A second-grade student recently moved to the United States from
another country. The student is a non-native English speaker. The school
is concerned about the student and refers him for special education
testing. The school psychologist administers the intellectual exam in
English with the standard time limit. The exam determines that the
,student is intellectually disabled and qualifies him for special education
services. According to Diana v. CA State Board of Education (1970),
which student right was violated in this scenario?
Answer: The right to be assessed in the student's primary language
●● An elementary school student moves to a new school district. The
student is confined to a wheelchair and has cognitive delays. The school
district claims that the student cannot attend school because the building
is not accessible.What is the school district required to do, according to
Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia (1972)?
Answer: To make structural changes to the building to give the student
access
●● What was the key ruling of Board of Education v. Rowley (1982)?
Answer: Schools only have to provide children with disabilities access
to education equal to that provided to other children.
●● What did Larry P. v. Riles (1979) find regarding standardized tests
used for assessment and placement in special education?
Answer: Assessment testing biases result in discrimination of students
from different cultural, social, and linguistic groups.
●● What did Hobson v. Hansen determine about using standardized
aptitude tests for special education assessment and placement?
, Answer: Assessments, ability tracking, and ability grouping systems
cannot be culturally or racially biased.
●● A special education teacher is co-teaching with a social studies
teacher. While taking an exam, a student with a disability asks the social
studies teacher to have the exam read aloud as allowed in the student's
IEP. The social studies teacher refuses, asserting that the student needs to
work harder.What is the ethical responsibility of this special education
teacher?
Answer: Remind the social studies teacher of the agreed-upon
accommodations in the IEP
●● What is an appropriate accommodation for statewide testing for
students with disabilities?
Answer: Scheduling additional breaks
●● A student with both written and expressive language disabilities is
taking a geography class.What would be a practical alternative to
traditional testing for this student?
Answer: Multiple-choice tests
●● A student who sits in the back of the classroom is unable to hear the
teacher due to a hearing loss. The student does not pay attention during
large group activities and spends class time talking to friends. Other
students complain when they have to work with the student because the
PERSPECTIVES FOR SCHOOL
PROFESSIONALS FINAL PAPER TESTED
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
COMPLETE STUDY SHEET
●● Which age range of students is protected under the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)?
Answer: Ages 3 to 21
●● Prior to the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA), the discrepancy model was used to identify
learning disabilities.What did the reauthorization of IDEA emphasize
doing to identify learning disabilities instead?
Answer: Use scientific, research-based teaching interventions
●● Which federal program may provide health insurance for students
with disabilities?
Answer: CHIP
●● By law, infants and toddlers with disabilities must have a plan
developed for them as part of the early childhood special education
program.What is the name of this plan?
,Answer: Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP)
●● What is required for a student to qualify for protection under Section
504?
Answer: A physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or
more major life activities
●● What is a public school required to do under the provisions of FAPE?
Answer: Teach a student with special needs in the least restrictive
environment
●● Congress passed FERPA as part of which major law?
Answer: IDEA
●● The clause "It is inherently unequal to educate students with
disabilities in separate facilities" helped give educational opportunities
to students with disabilities.Which famous court case did this clause
come from?
Answer: Brown v. Board of Education
●● A second-grade student recently moved to the United States from
another country. The student is a non-native English speaker. The school
is concerned about the student and refers him for special education
testing. The school psychologist administers the intellectual exam in
English with the standard time limit. The exam determines that the
,student is intellectually disabled and qualifies him for special education
services. According to Diana v. CA State Board of Education (1970),
which student right was violated in this scenario?
Answer: The right to be assessed in the student's primary language
●● An elementary school student moves to a new school district. The
student is confined to a wheelchair and has cognitive delays. The school
district claims that the student cannot attend school because the building
is not accessible.What is the school district required to do, according to
Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia (1972)?
Answer: To make structural changes to the building to give the student
access
●● What was the key ruling of Board of Education v. Rowley (1982)?
Answer: Schools only have to provide children with disabilities access
to education equal to that provided to other children.
●● What did Larry P. v. Riles (1979) find regarding standardized tests
used for assessment and placement in special education?
Answer: Assessment testing biases result in discrimination of students
from different cultural, social, and linguistic groups.
●● What did Hobson v. Hansen determine about using standardized
aptitude tests for special education assessment and placement?
, Answer: Assessments, ability tracking, and ability grouping systems
cannot be culturally or racially biased.
●● A special education teacher is co-teaching with a social studies
teacher. While taking an exam, a student with a disability asks the social
studies teacher to have the exam read aloud as allowed in the student's
IEP. The social studies teacher refuses, asserting that the student needs to
work harder.What is the ethical responsibility of this special education
teacher?
Answer: Remind the social studies teacher of the agreed-upon
accommodations in the IEP
●● What is an appropriate accommodation for statewide testing for
students with disabilities?
Answer: Scheduling additional breaks
●● A student with both written and expressive language disabilities is
taking a geography class.What would be a practical alternative to
traditional testing for this student?
Answer: Multiple-choice tests
●● A student who sits in the back of the classroom is unable to hear the
teacher due to a hearing loss. The student does not pay attention during
large group activities and spends class time talking to friends. Other
students complain when they have to work with the student because the
