SPECIAL EDUCATION CERTIFICATION TEST UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. PL 94-142 - Education for all Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA) (1975)
Answer:
Law that mandated a FAPE for all children with a disability, ensured due process rights, mandated
education in the LRE and required that students receiving special education services have an IEP
Provides FAPE to all children with disabilities or risk educational funding cuts or withholdings
Question:
2. PL 98-199 - Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments (1983)
Answer:
Law that allows for federal funding to create parent training and information centers (PIC) so that
parents could learn how to protect the rights that PL 94-142 guarantees their child.
Provides financial incentives to expand services for children from birth to age 3 and the initiatives for
transition services from school to adult living for students with disabilities.
Question:
3. PL 99-457 - Education for Handicapped Children Act (EHA) of 1986
Answer:
Mandated services for preschoolers with disabilities and called for the development of statewide
systems of early intervention services for infants and toddlers, birth to age 3
Question:
4. PL 100-407 Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act (1988)
Answer:
"The Tech Act," recognizes that students with disabilities need special equipment to perform better
and more independently (assistive technology). Students have to have access to vocational education
Question:
5. PL 101-476 (1990)
Answer:
Changed the name Education for Handicapped Children Act to Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act (IDEA) -
Authorized and expanded upon previous funding programs, mandated that assistive technology needs
and transition services be added to IEPs and added autism and TBI to the listing of educational
handicapping conditions. To promote "people first" language, emphasizing the person, not the
disability.
Question:
6. PL 101-336 - Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) (1990)
Answer:
Requiring the rights of equal access and reasonable accommodation in employment and services
provided by both private and public sectors.
Defines disability as an impairment that 'substantially limits one or more of the major life activities'
,Question:
7. P.L. 105-17 IDEA 1997
Answer:
Ensures quality education and early intervention for children with disabilities Stresses parental
involvement Expanded definition of disabilities to include children with developmental delays
between 3-9
Question:
8. P.L. 108-446- IDEA 2004
Answer:
Most recent special education law emphasizing inclusion of students with disabilities in high-stakes
testing or district testing with accommodation or in alternate assessments, required special education
teachers be highly qualified
Changes to transition and disciplinary requirements
Timeframe of not more than 60 days to conduct initial evaluations for SPED eligiblity
Question:
9. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
Answer:
Before there was IDEA, there was the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, a civil rights law that prohibits
discrimination on the basis of disability.
Section 504 of this Act continues to play an important role in education, especially for students with
disabilities who may not qualify for special education services under IDEA.
Ignored for 20 years because it did not include provisions for federal funding or monitoring
Question:
10. P.L. 101- 336 Americans with Disabilities Act - The ADA
Answer:
First comprehensive declaration of equality for people with disabilities.
Protects the civil rights of people with disabilities in all aspects of employment, in accessing public
services such as transportation, and guaranteeing access to public accommodations such as restaurants,
stores, hotels and other types of buildings to which the public has access.
Question:
11. P.L. 108-364 Assistive Technology Act
Answer:
Assistive technology can greatly improve the access and function of people with disabilities in school,
work, home, and community.
Intended to ensure that people with disabilities have access to assistive technology devices and
services.
Question:
12. Zero reject
Answer:
Rules against excluding any student
Question:
13. Nondiscriminatory evaluation
, Answer:
Rule requiring schools to evaluate students fairly to determine if they have a disability and, if so, what
kind and how extensive.
Question:
14. Appropriate education (IEP)
Answer:
A FAPE to all children who have been identified as needing special education. Program must be
tailored to the needs of the student. Includes related services and supplementary aides and services if
needed.
Reflect TEKS as closely as possible
Question:
15. Procedural Due Process
Answer:
Provides safeguards against schools' actions, including a right to sue in court, provisions are made for
the settlement of disputes by an impartial third party.
Question:
16. Written notice of ARD committee
Answer:
must be given at least 5 school days in advance of the action(s) that the school proposes or refuses to
take.
• purpose, time, and place of meeting
• proposes to initiate or change the identification, evaluation, educational program, or educational
placement of your child or the provision of a (FAPE) to your child (including a change prompted by
your revocation of consent for the continued provision of special education and related services), or
• Refuses to initiate or change the identification, evaluation, educational program, or educational
placement of your child or the provision of a FAPE to your child.
Question:
17. Transition Services
Answer:
A coordinated set of activities designed to help the child move from school to post-school activities.
Begin by age 14 with an examination of state transition planning. By age 16, or younger if determined
appropriate by the ARD committee Goals must be "results oriented" and "measurable" Year after
student graduates HW
Question:
18. Autism
Answer:
Communication problems:
• Difficulty relating to people, things, and events
• Playing with toys and objects in unusual ways
• Difficulty adjusting to changes in routine or to familiar surroundings
• Repetititive body movements or behaviors
Question:
19. Cerebral Palsy
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. PL 94-142 - Education for all Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA) (1975)
Answer:
Law that mandated a FAPE for all children with a disability, ensured due process rights, mandated
education in the LRE and required that students receiving special education services have an IEP
Provides FAPE to all children with disabilities or risk educational funding cuts or withholdings
Question:
2. PL 98-199 - Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments (1983)
Answer:
Law that allows for federal funding to create parent training and information centers (PIC) so that
parents could learn how to protect the rights that PL 94-142 guarantees their child.
Provides financial incentives to expand services for children from birth to age 3 and the initiatives for
transition services from school to adult living for students with disabilities.
Question:
3. PL 99-457 - Education for Handicapped Children Act (EHA) of 1986
Answer:
Mandated services for preschoolers with disabilities and called for the development of statewide
systems of early intervention services for infants and toddlers, birth to age 3
Question:
4. PL 100-407 Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act (1988)
Answer:
"The Tech Act," recognizes that students with disabilities need special equipment to perform better
and more independently (assistive technology). Students have to have access to vocational education
Question:
5. PL 101-476 (1990)
Answer:
Changed the name Education for Handicapped Children Act to Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act (IDEA) -
Authorized and expanded upon previous funding programs, mandated that assistive technology needs
and transition services be added to IEPs and added autism and TBI to the listing of educational
handicapping conditions. To promote "people first" language, emphasizing the person, not the
disability.
Question:
6. PL 101-336 - Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) (1990)
Answer:
Requiring the rights of equal access and reasonable accommodation in employment and services
provided by both private and public sectors.
Defines disability as an impairment that 'substantially limits one or more of the major life activities'
,Question:
7. P.L. 105-17 IDEA 1997
Answer:
Ensures quality education and early intervention for children with disabilities Stresses parental
involvement Expanded definition of disabilities to include children with developmental delays
between 3-9
Question:
8. P.L. 108-446- IDEA 2004
Answer:
Most recent special education law emphasizing inclusion of students with disabilities in high-stakes
testing or district testing with accommodation or in alternate assessments, required special education
teachers be highly qualified
Changes to transition and disciplinary requirements
Timeframe of not more than 60 days to conduct initial evaluations for SPED eligiblity
Question:
9. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
Answer:
Before there was IDEA, there was the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, a civil rights law that prohibits
discrimination on the basis of disability.
Section 504 of this Act continues to play an important role in education, especially for students with
disabilities who may not qualify for special education services under IDEA.
Ignored for 20 years because it did not include provisions for federal funding or monitoring
Question:
10. P.L. 101- 336 Americans with Disabilities Act - The ADA
Answer:
First comprehensive declaration of equality for people with disabilities.
Protects the civil rights of people with disabilities in all aspects of employment, in accessing public
services such as transportation, and guaranteeing access to public accommodations such as restaurants,
stores, hotels and other types of buildings to which the public has access.
Question:
11. P.L. 108-364 Assistive Technology Act
Answer:
Assistive technology can greatly improve the access and function of people with disabilities in school,
work, home, and community.
Intended to ensure that people with disabilities have access to assistive technology devices and
services.
Question:
12. Zero reject
Answer:
Rules against excluding any student
Question:
13. Nondiscriminatory evaluation
, Answer:
Rule requiring schools to evaluate students fairly to determine if they have a disability and, if so, what
kind and how extensive.
Question:
14. Appropriate education (IEP)
Answer:
A FAPE to all children who have been identified as needing special education. Program must be
tailored to the needs of the student. Includes related services and supplementary aides and services if
needed.
Reflect TEKS as closely as possible
Question:
15. Procedural Due Process
Answer:
Provides safeguards against schools' actions, including a right to sue in court, provisions are made for
the settlement of disputes by an impartial third party.
Question:
16. Written notice of ARD committee
Answer:
must be given at least 5 school days in advance of the action(s) that the school proposes or refuses to
take.
• purpose, time, and place of meeting
• proposes to initiate or change the identification, evaluation, educational program, or educational
placement of your child or the provision of a (FAPE) to your child (including a change prompted by
your revocation of consent for the continued provision of special education and related services), or
• Refuses to initiate or change the identification, evaluation, educational program, or educational
placement of your child or the provision of a FAPE to your child.
Question:
17. Transition Services
Answer:
A coordinated set of activities designed to help the child move from school to post-school activities.
Begin by age 14 with an examination of state transition planning. By age 16, or younger if determined
appropriate by the ARD committee Goals must be "results oriented" and "measurable" Year after
student graduates HW
Question:
18. Autism
Answer:
Communication problems:
• Difficulty relating to people, things, and events
• Playing with toys and objects in unusual ways
• Difficulty adjusting to changes in routine or to familiar surroundings
• Repetititive body movements or behaviors
Question:
19. Cerebral Palsy
