JMU EXED 200 - Quiz 1 Questions with Correct Answers Latest Update 2025/2026
Recognizes meaningful differences in learning or behavior and is the first step in responding to
differences.
Provides access to accommodations and services not available to persons without the label.
Helps practitioners and researchers communicate with one another and classify and evaluate
research findings.
Leads to more acceptance by peers
Is the basis of funding and resources for research and other programs
Makes exceptional children's special needs more visible to policy makers and the public -
Answers positive aspects of labeling (7)
Focuses on what students cannot do
May stigmatize and lead to peer rejection
May cause others to have low expectations for the student
May negatively affect self-esteem
Are often misused as explanatory constructs
Diminishes the detection and appreciation of uniqueness
Suggests that there is something wrong with the child
Includes a disproportionate number of children from culturally diverse groups
Requires great expenditure that might be better spent on planning and delivering instruction -
Answers negative aspects of labeling (9)
Learning disabilty - Answers What is the largest special education category (most students are
identified as having a _______________?)
Impairment - The loss or reduced function of a body part or organ
Disability - Exists when an impairment limits the ability to perform - Answers • What is the
difference between a disability and an impairment?
Children who have a greater-than-usual chance of developing a disability - Answers • What does
"at risk" mean?
Must be educated with children without disabilities to the maximum extent appropriate -
Answers • What is Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)?
, All children are entitled to a free, appropriate public education - Answers • What was the result
of Brown vs. Board of Education?
All children with intellectual abilities have to be placed in a free, public program of education and
training that is appropriate to the child's capacity - Answers • What was the result of PARC vs.
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania?
Strengthening of parents and families participation in the education of children with disabilities;
parents wanted to be involved thin their child's education - Answers • What was PL 94-142?
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act - Answers • What is IDEA?
Zero Reject: Schools must educate all children with disabilities
Nondiscriminatory Identification and Evaluation: Schools must use nonbiased, multi-factored
methods of evaluation
Free, Appropriate Public Education: Education at public expense is provided; an IEP is developed
and implemented for each child
Least Restrictive Environment: Must be educated with children without disabilities to the
maximum extent appropriate
Due Process Safeguards: Parents' and children's rights are protected
Shared Decision Making: Schools must collaborate with parents - Answers • Briefly explain the
principles of IDEA (for example, LRE, FAPE)? (6)
to improve the achievement of all students, with a particular emphasis on children from low-
income families - Answers • What is NCLB?
Types of special education intervention
Preventive: keep minor problems from becoming a disability
Remedial: Attempt to eliminate the effects of a disability
Compensatory: Enable successful functioning in spite of the disability - Answers • Briefly
describe preventive, remedial, and compensatory instruction.
Range of placement and service options to meet the individuals needs of all students with
disabilities - Answers • What is the "continuum of services?"
A statement of present levels of academic achievement and functional performance
A statement of measurable annual goals
A statement of how the child's progress will be assessed
Recognizes meaningful differences in learning or behavior and is the first step in responding to
differences.
Provides access to accommodations and services not available to persons without the label.
Helps practitioners and researchers communicate with one another and classify and evaluate
research findings.
Leads to more acceptance by peers
Is the basis of funding and resources for research and other programs
Makes exceptional children's special needs more visible to policy makers and the public -
Answers positive aspects of labeling (7)
Focuses on what students cannot do
May stigmatize and lead to peer rejection
May cause others to have low expectations for the student
May negatively affect self-esteem
Are often misused as explanatory constructs
Diminishes the detection and appreciation of uniqueness
Suggests that there is something wrong with the child
Includes a disproportionate number of children from culturally diverse groups
Requires great expenditure that might be better spent on planning and delivering instruction -
Answers negative aspects of labeling (9)
Learning disabilty - Answers What is the largest special education category (most students are
identified as having a _______________?)
Impairment - The loss or reduced function of a body part or organ
Disability - Exists when an impairment limits the ability to perform - Answers • What is the
difference between a disability and an impairment?
Children who have a greater-than-usual chance of developing a disability - Answers • What does
"at risk" mean?
Must be educated with children without disabilities to the maximum extent appropriate -
Answers • What is Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)?
, All children are entitled to a free, appropriate public education - Answers • What was the result
of Brown vs. Board of Education?
All children with intellectual abilities have to be placed in a free, public program of education and
training that is appropriate to the child's capacity - Answers • What was the result of PARC vs.
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania?
Strengthening of parents and families participation in the education of children with disabilities;
parents wanted to be involved thin their child's education - Answers • What was PL 94-142?
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act - Answers • What is IDEA?
Zero Reject: Schools must educate all children with disabilities
Nondiscriminatory Identification and Evaluation: Schools must use nonbiased, multi-factored
methods of evaluation
Free, Appropriate Public Education: Education at public expense is provided; an IEP is developed
and implemented for each child
Least Restrictive Environment: Must be educated with children without disabilities to the
maximum extent appropriate
Due Process Safeguards: Parents' and children's rights are protected
Shared Decision Making: Schools must collaborate with parents - Answers • Briefly explain the
principles of IDEA (for example, LRE, FAPE)? (6)
to improve the achievement of all students, with a particular emphasis on children from low-
income families - Answers • What is NCLB?
Types of special education intervention
Preventive: keep minor problems from becoming a disability
Remedial: Attempt to eliminate the effects of a disability
Compensatory: Enable successful functioning in spite of the disability - Answers • Briefly
describe preventive, remedial, and compensatory instruction.
Range of placement and service options to meet the individuals needs of all students with
disabilities - Answers • What is the "continuum of services?"
A statement of present levels of academic achievement and functional performance
A statement of measurable annual goals
A statement of how the child's progress will be assessed
