ELED 320 ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◉ What are the principles of IDEA?
Answer: Zero Reject, Nondiscriminatory identification and
evaluation, free appropriate public education, least restrictive
environment, due process safeguards, and shared decision making
◉ What is zero reject?
Answer: Schools must educate all children with disabilities
(originally ages 5-21, amended to include preschool)
◉ What is nondiscriminatory identification and evaluation?
Answer: Schools must use unbiased, multi-factored methods of
evaluation
◉ What is FAPE?
Answer: Free Appropriate Public Education; An IEP must be
developed for each child; every child must have free, appropriate
public education
,◉ What is the least restrictive environment?
Answer: a child must be educated with children without disabilities
to the maximum extent appropriate
◉ What is due process safegaurds?
Answer: parents and childs rights are protected; right to a lawsuit,
additional meetings, etc
◉ What is shared decision making?
Answer: school must collaborate with parents
◉ What is Rosa's Law?
Answer: outlawed the use of the term "mental retardation"; changed
to intellectual disabilities
◉ What is the Section 504 of Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973?
Answer: Protect against discrimination of handicap by federally
funded organizations/programs
◉ What is ADA?
, Answer: Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; executed
protection against discrimination to private sector employment
(employers have to make reasonable accommodations)
◉ What is the process of referral for an IEP?
Answer: Prereferral Intervention, evaluation and identification,
program planning, placement, review and evaluation
◉ What is prereferral intervention?
Answer: provide immediate instructional and/or behavioral
assistance (try to do what you can to avoid putting the child in
special ed-- it could be a teaching error or environment as opposed
to a learning disability)
◉ What is evaluation and identification?
Answer: All children suspected of having a disability must receive a
nondiscriminatory, multi-factored evaluation (4 domains)
◉ What is program preplanning?
Answer: An individualized education program (IEP) must be
developed for children identified as having a disability
◉ What is placement?
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◉ What are the principles of IDEA?
Answer: Zero Reject, Nondiscriminatory identification and
evaluation, free appropriate public education, least restrictive
environment, due process safeguards, and shared decision making
◉ What is zero reject?
Answer: Schools must educate all children with disabilities
(originally ages 5-21, amended to include preschool)
◉ What is nondiscriminatory identification and evaluation?
Answer: Schools must use unbiased, multi-factored methods of
evaluation
◉ What is FAPE?
Answer: Free Appropriate Public Education; An IEP must be
developed for each child; every child must have free, appropriate
public education
,◉ What is the least restrictive environment?
Answer: a child must be educated with children without disabilities
to the maximum extent appropriate
◉ What is due process safegaurds?
Answer: parents and childs rights are protected; right to a lawsuit,
additional meetings, etc
◉ What is shared decision making?
Answer: school must collaborate with parents
◉ What is Rosa's Law?
Answer: outlawed the use of the term "mental retardation"; changed
to intellectual disabilities
◉ What is the Section 504 of Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973?
Answer: Protect against discrimination of handicap by federally
funded organizations/programs
◉ What is ADA?
, Answer: Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; executed
protection against discrimination to private sector employment
(employers have to make reasonable accommodations)
◉ What is the process of referral for an IEP?
Answer: Prereferral Intervention, evaluation and identification,
program planning, placement, review and evaluation
◉ What is prereferral intervention?
Answer: provide immediate instructional and/or behavioral
assistance (try to do what you can to avoid putting the child in
special ed-- it could be a teaching error or environment as opposed
to a learning disability)
◉ What is evaluation and identification?
Answer: All children suspected of having a disability must receive a
nondiscriminatory, multi-factored evaluation (4 domains)
◉ What is program preplanning?
Answer: An individualized education program (IEP) must be
developed for children identified as having a disability
◉ What is placement?
