SPED 5311 Final
1.1 The process of tracing and gathering information from the many sources of
background information on a child such as school records, observation, parent
intakes, and teacher reports is called: - ANS> Collection
1.2 Valuable information about the student's skills and needs can come from -
ANS> Parents
Specialists
Teachers
(all of the above)
1.3 In order to protect the legal rights of parents and their children, a school must
obtain written permission from the parent(s) before any school evaluation for a
suspected disability is undertaken. - ANS> True
1.4 In which case was California mandated by the Court to correct bias in
assessment procedures used with Spanish-speaking students? - ANS> Diana
vs. Board of Education
1.5 A _________ is a large number of children who are representative of all
children in that age group. When a student takes certain kinds of assessments,
his/her performance can be compared to this group. - ANS> Norm group
1.6 Some tests include instructions for when to start or end the test. What is the
starting point called? - ANS> basal
1.7 Some tests include instructions for when to start or end the test. What is the
ending point called? - ANS> ceiling
1.8 A criticism of formal assessments is that they... - ANS> rely heavily on
multiple choice items
1.9 Multidisciplinary teams should include learning styles assessments as part of
the data collecting process. - ANS> False
1.10 Student race (e.g., African-American/Black, Asian American/Pacific Islander,
Hispanic/Latino, White, etc.) is what type of data? - ANS> nominal
, 1.11 At the end of year field day, the students at Romig Elementary School
competed in various track and field events. Each class recorded who completed
the events in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. What type of data is this? - ANS> ordinal
1.12 Distance, weight and duration are all examples of _________ data - ANS>
ratio
1.13 A ________ scale is one in which equal differences in scores represent equal
differences in amount of the property measured but with an arbitrary zero point. -
ANS> interval
2.1 When scores on an assessment are normally distributed, how many students
fall between -1 and 1 standard deviations of the mean? - ANS> 64.26
2.2 An age equivalent score... - ANS> compares the child's raw scores with the
average score of students in the norm group
2.3 Raw scores are - ANS> a simple count of the number of points earned on an
assessment
2.4 A z score of -.8 means - ANS> the child scored below the mean score, but is
within the average range and is not a concern
2.5 Response to intervention is... - ANS> a tiered approach to teaching students
who struggle academically and identifying students with learning disabilities
2.6 Explain the limitations of the IQ-achievement discrepancy model of identifying
students with learning disabilities. - ANS> An intelligence-achievement
discrepancy model is a more traditional method used to identify learning
disabilities in students through IQ testing. This model has proved itself
inadequate because of the biases in IQ testing. A student can qualify as students
with a learning disability if their achievement is significantly lower than their
intellect. If a student does not meet performance standards in the classroom and
their IQ is not high enough for there to be a discrepancy, they could not qualify
for interventions they need simply because of biases in the IQ testing.
2.7 Prereferral strategies are... - ANS> modifications to instruction or the
classroom that might be made before referring a child for special education
1.1 The process of tracing and gathering information from the many sources of
background information on a child such as school records, observation, parent
intakes, and teacher reports is called: - ANS> Collection
1.2 Valuable information about the student's skills and needs can come from -
ANS> Parents
Specialists
Teachers
(all of the above)
1.3 In order to protect the legal rights of parents and their children, a school must
obtain written permission from the parent(s) before any school evaluation for a
suspected disability is undertaken. - ANS> True
1.4 In which case was California mandated by the Court to correct bias in
assessment procedures used with Spanish-speaking students? - ANS> Diana
vs. Board of Education
1.5 A _________ is a large number of children who are representative of all
children in that age group. When a student takes certain kinds of assessments,
his/her performance can be compared to this group. - ANS> Norm group
1.6 Some tests include instructions for when to start or end the test. What is the
starting point called? - ANS> basal
1.7 Some tests include instructions for when to start or end the test. What is the
ending point called? - ANS> ceiling
1.8 A criticism of formal assessments is that they... - ANS> rely heavily on
multiple choice items
1.9 Multidisciplinary teams should include learning styles assessments as part of
the data collecting process. - ANS> False
1.10 Student race (e.g., African-American/Black, Asian American/Pacific Islander,
Hispanic/Latino, White, etc.) is what type of data? - ANS> nominal
, 1.11 At the end of year field day, the students at Romig Elementary School
competed in various track and field events. Each class recorded who completed
the events in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. What type of data is this? - ANS> ordinal
1.12 Distance, weight and duration are all examples of _________ data - ANS>
ratio
1.13 A ________ scale is one in which equal differences in scores represent equal
differences in amount of the property measured but with an arbitrary zero point. -
ANS> interval
2.1 When scores on an assessment are normally distributed, how many students
fall between -1 and 1 standard deviations of the mean? - ANS> 64.26
2.2 An age equivalent score... - ANS> compares the child's raw scores with the
average score of students in the norm group
2.3 Raw scores are - ANS> a simple count of the number of points earned on an
assessment
2.4 A z score of -.8 means - ANS> the child scored below the mean score, but is
within the average range and is not a concern
2.5 Response to intervention is... - ANS> a tiered approach to teaching students
who struggle academically and identifying students with learning disabilities
2.6 Explain the limitations of the IQ-achievement discrepancy model of identifying
students with learning disabilities. - ANS> An intelligence-achievement
discrepancy model is a more traditional method used to identify learning
disabilities in students through IQ testing. This model has proved itself
inadequate because of the biases in IQ testing. A student can qualify as students
with a learning disability if their achievement is significantly lower than their
intellect. If a student does not meet performance standards in the classroom and
their IQ is not high enough for there to be a discrepancy, they could not qualify
for interventions they need simply because of biases in the IQ testing.
2.7 Prereferral strategies are... - ANS> modifications to instruction or the
classroom that might be made before referring a child for special education
