FTCE ESE K-12 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
1.Diana v. the State Board of Education (1970)
Answer All students must be evaluated in their native language.
2.1990 and 1994
Answer The two years that IDEA was signed into law and later reautho-
rized through a second revision.
3.How was the training of special education teachers changed by NCLB Act
of 2002?
Answer If a special education teacher is teaching a core subject, he or
she must meet the standard of a highly-qualified teacher in that
subject.
4.How did the NCLB Act affect students with Limited English Proficiency?
Answer - NCLB requried LEP students to demonstrate English Language
Proficiency before a High School Diploma is granted.
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, 5.Surgically implanted devices
Answer The definition of assistive technology devices was amended in
the IDEA reauthorization of 2004 to exclude this.
6.What specific language was changed in the IDEA?
Answer The term "handicapped" was changed to "with disabilities"
7.Brown vs. Board of Education, 1954
Answer While this case specifically addressed the inequality of
"separate but equal" facilities on the basis of race, the concept that
segregation was inherently unequal - even if facilities were provided -
was later applied to handicapping conditions.
8.Wyatt vs. Stickney, 1971
Answer The right to adequate treatment (education) for insti-
tutionalized persons with mental retardation.
9.Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens (PARC) vs.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1972
Answer Special education was guaranteed to children with mental
retardation.
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ANSWERS
1.Diana v. the State Board of Education (1970)
Answer All students must be evaluated in their native language.
2.1990 and 1994
Answer The two years that IDEA was signed into law and later reautho-
rized through a second revision.
3.How was the training of special education teachers changed by NCLB Act
of 2002?
Answer If a special education teacher is teaching a core subject, he or
she must meet the standard of a highly-qualified teacher in that
subject.
4.How did the NCLB Act affect students with Limited English Proficiency?
Answer - NCLB requried LEP students to demonstrate English Language
Proficiency before a High School Diploma is granted.
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, 5.Surgically implanted devices
Answer The definition of assistive technology devices was amended in
the IDEA reauthorization of 2004 to exclude this.
6.What specific language was changed in the IDEA?
Answer The term "handicapped" was changed to "with disabilities"
7.Brown vs. Board of Education, 1954
Answer While this case specifically addressed the inequality of
"separate but equal" facilities on the basis of race, the concept that
segregation was inherently unequal - even if facilities were provided -
was later applied to handicapping conditions.
8.Wyatt vs. Stickney, 1971
Answer The right to adequate treatment (education) for insti-
tutionalized persons with mental retardation.
9.Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens (PARC) vs.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1972
Answer Special education was guaranteed to children with mental
retardation.
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