TExES Special Education EC-12 (161)
UPDATED Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Six IDEA Principles: Zero Reject - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Rules against excluding any
student
Six IDEA Principles: Nondiscriminatory Evaluation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Rule
requiring schools to evaluate students fairly to determine if they have a disability, and if so,
what kind and how extensive.
Six IDEA Principles: Appropriate Education/IEP - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A free,
appropriate public education 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.
Six IDEA Principles: Lease Restrictive Environment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- When the
Individualized Education Program (IEP) is written, a determination is made regarding the
amount of time each student with disabilities will spend with nondisabled peers both in the
classroom and al other school activities.
Six IDEA Principles: Procedural Due Process - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Provides
safeguards against schools' actions, include a right to sue in court, provisions are made for the
settlement of disputes by an impartial third party.
Six IDEA Principles: Parents of children with disabilities participate - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Parents of children with disabilities participate in the planning and decision
making for their child's special education. Parents' rights primarily involve access to students'
educational records for inspection and review and the need for parental consent to release
personally identifiable information.
Accommodations - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Adjustments made in how a student with a
disability is taught or tested. They do not change what the student is taught or what he is
expected to know.
, Accommodations (examples) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- highlighted textbooks, extensions
of time for a student who writes slowly, seating close to the teacher, assistive technology
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Under NCLB, all schools,
school districts and states are required to show progress in: reading/language arts, math, and
either graduation rates or attendance rates. There are consequences for failing to meet the
criteria for two consecutive years.
Adult Students - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Students age 18 and older are considered to be
this, unless the student's parent or other individual has been granted guardianship of the
student under the Texas Probate Code
Alternative Education Programs (AEPs) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Disciplinary programs
operated by school districts for students who have committed a range of offenses specified in
state law and/or in the district's Student Code of Conduct. Students with disabilities who are
in these programs are still entitled to special education services.
Disciplinary Alternative Education Program (DAEP) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Operated
by the school district.
Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program (JJAEP) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Operated by the juvenile justice system.
Types of AEPs - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Alternative Education Program, Disciplinary
Alternative Education Program, Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program
Admission, Review and Dismissal Committee (ARD) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- In Texas,
this is the name for the group made up of a student's paretns and school staff that meets at
least annually to decide whether or not the student has an eligible disability and what special
education and related services will be provided. Its major responsibility is the development of
the IEP for students receiving special education.
Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Tests given to all students in the state to evaluate
learning. Most common in Texas is the STAAR, previously known as TAKS. Students
receiving special education take the same state and district-wide ________ given to all
students, unless their ARD committee determines a particular test is not appropriate. In this
UPDATED Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Six IDEA Principles: Zero Reject - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Rules against excluding any
student
Six IDEA Principles: Nondiscriminatory Evaluation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Rule
requiring schools to evaluate students fairly to determine if they have a disability, and if so,
what kind and how extensive.
Six IDEA Principles: Appropriate Education/IEP - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A free,
appropriate public education 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.
Six IDEA Principles: Lease Restrictive Environment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- When the
Individualized Education Program (IEP) is written, a determination is made regarding the
amount of time each student with disabilities will spend with nondisabled peers both in the
classroom and al other school activities.
Six IDEA Principles: Procedural Due Process - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Provides
safeguards against schools' actions, include a right to sue in court, provisions are made for the
settlement of disputes by an impartial third party.
Six IDEA Principles: Parents of children with disabilities participate - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Parents of children with disabilities participate in the planning and decision
making for their child's special education. Parents' rights primarily involve access to students'
educational records for inspection and review and the need for parental consent to release
personally identifiable information.
Accommodations - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Adjustments made in how a student with a
disability is taught or tested. They do not change what the student is taught or what he is
expected to know.
, Accommodations (examples) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- highlighted textbooks, extensions
of time for a student who writes slowly, seating close to the teacher, assistive technology
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Under NCLB, all schools,
school districts and states are required to show progress in: reading/language arts, math, and
either graduation rates or attendance rates. There are consequences for failing to meet the
criteria for two consecutive years.
Adult Students - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Students age 18 and older are considered to be
this, unless the student's parent or other individual has been granted guardianship of the
student under the Texas Probate Code
Alternative Education Programs (AEPs) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Disciplinary programs
operated by school districts for students who have committed a range of offenses specified in
state law and/or in the district's Student Code of Conduct. Students with disabilities who are
in these programs are still entitled to special education services.
Disciplinary Alternative Education Program (DAEP) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Operated
by the school district.
Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program (JJAEP) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Operated by the juvenile justice system.
Types of AEPs - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Alternative Education Program, Disciplinary
Alternative Education Program, Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program
Admission, Review and Dismissal Committee (ARD) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- In Texas,
this is the name for the group made up of a student's paretns and school staff that meets at
least annually to decide whether or not the student has an eligible disability and what special
education and related services will be provided. Its major responsibility is the development of
the IEP for students receiving special education.
Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Tests given to all students in the state to evaluate
learning. Most common in Texas is the STAAR, previously known as TAKS. Students
receiving special education take the same state and district-wide ________ given to all
students, unless their ARD committee determines a particular test is not appropriate. In this
