WGU D169 - Terminology
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) - correct answer ✔✔Designed to reduce the role of the Federal
Government in mandating state education policy and to provide more flexibility
Title III of ESSA - correct answer ✔✔ESSA removes the accountability-related provisions of NCLB, funds
are provided to assist states to implement effective language instruction programs
EL - correct answer ✔✔English learners
Home Language Survey (HLS) - correct answer ✔✔A tool used to identify potential Els
State Education Agencies (SEA) - correct answer ✔✔Dictates the local Laws that LEA must follow
Local Education Agencies (LEA) - correct answer ✔✔Public and public charter disticts that follow their
state's laws and reguations
English as a Second Language (ESL) - correct answer ✔✔Techniques, methodology, and special
curriculum designed to teach ELs explicitly to develop their English language proficiency in all four
language domains (speaking, listening, reading, and writing). Usually provided in English with little use of
the ELs' primary language(s)
Structured English Immersion (SEI) - correct answer ✔✔Program designed to impart English language
skills so that the ELs can transition and succeed in an English-only mainstream classroom once proficient.
Usually provided in English with little use of the ELs' primary language(s).
Transitional Bilingual Education (TBE), or early-exit bilingual education - correct answer ✔✔Program that
maintains and develops skills in the primary language while introducing, maintaining, and developing
skills in English.
,Dual Language or Two-Way Immersion - correct answer ✔✔Bilingual program where the goal is for
students to develop language proficiency in two languages by receiving instruction in English and
another language in a classroom that is usually comprised of half primary-English speakers and half
primary speakers of the other language.
Individuals with Disabilites Education Act (IDEA) - correct answer ✔✔Education law requires public
schools to meet the unique needs of eligible K-12 students with disabilities. Schools do this by providing
services. There are 8 main principles. Students who qualify for special education services are to receive a
free and appropriate public education.
Section 504 - correct answer ✔✔Civil rights law prohibits disability discrimination at schools that get
federal funding. Schools meet these requirements by removing barriers to learning.
Americans with Diasbilities Act (ADA) - correct answer ✔✔Civil rights law prohibits disability
discrimination by schools, employers, and anyone who offers goods and services to the public.
Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) - correct answer ✔✔A law that governs who can see
documents and files related to students in schools.
8 core principles for special education - correct answer ✔✔Child find/zero reject
Nondiscriminatory evaluation
Individualized Education Programe (IEP)
Free appropriate public education (FAPE)
Least restrictive environment (LRE)
Related Services
Parent participation
Confidentiality
Child find/zero reject - correct answer ✔✔School districts are required by law to seek out and identify
every eligible student with a disability living within their jurisdiction.
Nondiscriminatory evaluation - correct answer ✔✔Administered in student's native language, age
appropriate, more than 1 test to determine the disability
, Individualized education program (IEP) - correct answer ✔✔A contract between the district and the
student's parents that lists the educational and intervention services to be provided for the student,
specifying the types and amount of such services.
Free appropriate public education (FAPE) - correct answer ✔✔Special education that includes free
educational services to the student, allows the student to make progress in the general curriculum and is
tailored and planned according to the student's individual needs, public education entity is responsible
for educating students within its boundaries.
Least restrictive environment (LRE) - correct answer ✔✔Requires that students with disabilities be
educated with their chronologically aged peers to the greatest extent possible, and that typically means
in the general education classroom.
Related services - correct answer ✔✔Services required to assist a child with a disability to benefit from
special education.
Examples: transportation, speech pathology, audiology, physical therapy, occupational therapy,
therapeutic recreation, social work, medical services, counseling, and recreational services.
Criteria for Special Education and IEP - correct answer ✔✔1. Meet the disability criteria outlined in
federal and state law.
2. Require individualized instruction (i.e., instruction that is not available to the general population of
students)
Comprehensive Evaluation - correct answer ✔✔All the existing data gathered about the student through
the referral process and any additional assessments to determine present level of performance,
instructional strategies that are both effective and ineffective for the student, and any accommodations
and modifications that may be needed.
Initial evaluation report - correct answer ✔✔Used to determine if a student qualifies and what special
education and related services the student needs
Manifestation determination - correct answer ✔✔The IEP team looks at whether a child's disability,
which can include learning and thinking differences, causes or directly contributes to misbehavior.
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) - correct answer ✔✔Designed to reduce the role of the Federal
Government in mandating state education policy and to provide more flexibility
Title III of ESSA - correct answer ✔✔ESSA removes the accountability-related provisions of NCLB, funds
are provided to assist states to implement effective language instruction programs
EL - correct answer ✔✔English learners
Home Language Survey (HLS) - correct answer ✔✔A tool used to identify potential Els
State Education Agencies (SEA) - correct answer ✔✔Dictates the local Laws that LEA must follow
Local Education Agencies (LEA) - correct answer ✔✔Public and public charter disticts that follow their
state's laws and reguations
English as a Second Language (ESL) - correct answer ✔✔Techniques, methodology, and special
curriculum designed to teach ELs explicitly to develop their English language proficiency in all four
language domains (speaking, listening, reading, and writing). Usually provided in English with little use of
the ELs' primary language(s)
Structured English Immersion (SEI) - correct answer ✔✔Program designed to impart English language
skills so that the ELs can transition and succeed in an English-only mainstream classroom once proficient.
Usually provided in English with little use of the ELs' primary language(s).
Transitional Bilingual Education (TBE), or early-exit bilingual education - correct answer ✔✔Program that
maintains and develops skills in the primary language while introducing, maintaining, and developing
skills in English.
,Dual Language or Two-Way Immersion - correct answer ✔✔Bilingual program where the goal is for
students to develop language proficiency in two languages by receiving instruction in English and
another language in a classroom that is usually comprised of half primary-English speakers and half
primary speakers of the other language.
Individuals with Disabilites Education Act (IDEA) - correct answer ✔✔Education law requires public
schools to meet the unique needs of eligible K-12 students with disabilities. Schools do this by providing
services. There are 8 main principles. Students who qualify for special education services are to receive a
free and appropriate public education.
Section 504 - correct answer ✔✔Civil rights law prohibits disability discrimination at schools that get
federal funding. Schools meet these requirements by removing barriers to learning.
Americans with Diasbilities Act (ADA) - correct answer ✔✔Civil rights law prohibits disability
discrimination by schools, employers, and anyone who offers goods and services to the public.
Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) - correct answer ✔✔A law that governs who can see
documents and files related to students in schools.
8 core principles for special education - correct answer ✔✔Child find/zero reject
Nondiscriminatory evaluation
Individualized Education Programe (IEP)
Free appropriate public education (FAPE)
Least restrictive environment (LRE)
Related Services
Parent participation
Confidentiality
Child find/zero reject - correct answer ✔✔School districts are required by law to seek out and identify
every eligible student with a disability living within their jurisdiction.
Nondiscriminatory evaluation - correct answer ✔✔Administered in student's native language, age
appropriate, more than 1 test to determine the disability
, Individualized education program (IEP) - correct answer ✔✔A contract between the district and the
student's parents that lists the educational and intervention services to be provided for the student,
specifying the types and amount of such services.
Free appropriate public education (FAPE) - correct answer ✔✔Special education that includes free
educational services to the student, allows the student to make progress in the general curriculum and is
tailored and planned according to the student's individual needs, public education entity is responsible
for educating students within its boundaries.
Least restrictive environment (LRE) - correct answer ✔✔Requires that students with disabilities be
educated with their chronologically aged peers to the greatest extent possible, and that typically means
in the general education classroom.
Related services - correct answer ✔✔Services required to assist a child with a disability to benefit from
special education.
Examples: transportation, speech pathology, audiology, physical therapy, occupational therapy,
therapeutic recreation, social work, medical services, counseling, and recreational services.
Criteria for Special Education and IEP - correct answer ✔✔1. Meet the disability criteria outlined in
federal and state law.
2. Require individualized instruction (i.e., instruction that is not available to the general population of
students)
Comprehensive Evaluation - correct answer ✔✔All the existing data gathered about the student through
the referral process and any additional assessments to determine present level of performance,
instructional strategies that are both effective and ineffective for the student, and any accommodations
and modifications that may be needed.
Initial evaluation report - correct answer ✔✔Used to determine if a student qualifies and what special
education and related services the student needs
Manifestation determination - correct answer ✔✔The IEP team looks at whether a child's disability,
which can include learning and thinking differences, causes or directly contributes to misbehavior.
