FTCE NAVA ED ESE STUDY GUIDE | 300 Questions with 100% Correct answer s | Verified | 2025
ASSURED SUCCESS
Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) - correct answer 2004; federal law that makes available a
free and appropriate public education for all children
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) - correct answer 1974; federal law that
protects the privacy of student education records
Every student Succeeds Act (ESSA) - correct answer 2015; federal law that advances equity by
requiring that all students be taught high academic standards; mandates statewide assessment
t hat measure progress
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) - correct answer 2002; federal law that introduced accountability
to public schools; Titles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6
Title I - correct answer improving academic education achievement of the disadvantaged
Title II - correct answer preparing, training, and recruiting high quality teachers and principals
Title III - correct answer language instruction for limited English proficient and immigrant
students
Title IV - correct answer 21st century schools; federal school grants for colleges and universities
Title V - correct answer promoting informed parental choice and innovative programs
Title IV - correct answer flexibility and accountability; prohibits discrimination
Race To The Top (RTTT) - correct answer 2009; competition between 46 states and DC to
implement college-ready reform plans; standards were created in collaboration by the states
The Consent Decree - correct answer 1970; addresses the rights of ELL students; grounded in
the 14th Amendment; requires instruction to be delivered in a free and comprehensive manner
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act - correct answer 1973; requires school districts to provide
a free appropriate education (FAPE) to each qualified student with a disability
Americans with Disabilities Act - correct answer 1990; civil rights law that prohibits
discrimination based on disability; provides similar protections as the Civil Rights Act of 1964
autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) - correct answer developmental disability affecting
verbal/nonverbal communication and social interaction which tends to have an impact on
educational performance; classified as OHI
deaf or hard-of-hearing - correct answer severe impairment that impedes the processing of
linguistic information through hearing without amplification; may have adverse effects on a
student's educational performance
developmentally delayed (DD) - correct answer student who is delayed in one or more of the
following areas:
,FTCE NAVA ED ESE STUDY GUIDE | 300 Questions with 100% Correct answer s | Verified | 2025
ASSURED SUCCESS
adaptive or self-help development
cognitive development
communication development
social/emotional development
physical/motor development
dual-sensory impaired (DSI) - correct answer simultaneous hearing and visual impairment that
causes severe communication, acquisition of communication, acquisition of information, and
functionality within the environment deficits
emotion or behavioral disabilities (EBD) - correct answer one or more of the following
characteristics over a period of time to the extent that it adversely affects educational
performance
unexplained inability to learn
inability to maintain interpersonal relationships
inappropriate types of behaviors or feelings
prevalent unhappiness or depression
homebound or hospitalized (HH) - correct answer restriction of activities over a period of time
based upon medical diagnosis or psychiatric condition; confines student to home or hospital
intellectual disabilities (InD) - correct answer significant subaverage general intellectual
functioning and deficits in adaptive behavior manifested during birth through age 19
other health impairment (OHI) - correct answer having limited strength, vitality or alertness
during a heightened alertness to environmental stimuli; results in limited alertness to the
educational environment and due to chronic health problems
these include:
asthma
ADD
ADHD
diabetes
epilepsy
heart condition
hemophilia
, FTCE NAVA ED ESE STUDY GUIDE | 300 Questions with 100% Correct answer s | Verified | 2025
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lead poisoning
leukemia
ASD
rheumatic fever
Tourette syndrome
sickle cell anemia
orthopedic impairment (OI) - correct answer severe skeletal, muscular, or neuromuscular
impairment resulting from congenital anomalies and impairments from other causes
traumatic brain disorder (TBI) - correct answer injury to the brain caused by external force;
causes impairment in one or more of the following
cognition
language
memory
attention
reasoning
abstract thinking
judgement
problem-solving
sensory deficits
perceptual deficits
psychosocial behavior
decreased physical functions
lack of information processing
speech deficits
specific learning disabilities (SLD) - correct answer disorder in one or more basic psychological
processes
brain injury
perceptual disabilities
ASSURED SUCCESS
Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) - correct answer 2004; federal law that makes available a
free and appropriate public education for all children
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) - correct answer 1974; federal law that
protects the privacy of student education records
Every student Succeeds Act (ESSA) - correct answer 2015; federal law that advances equity by
requiring that all students be taught high academic standards; mandates statewide assessment
t hat measure progress
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) - correct answer 2002; federal law that introduced accountability
to public schools; Titles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6
Title I - correct answer improving academic education achievement of the disadvantaged
Title II - correct answer preparing, training, and recruiting high quality teachers and principals
Title III - correct answer language instruction for limited English proficient and immigrant
students
Title IV - correct answer 21st century schools; federal school grants for colleges and universities
Title V - correct answer promoting informed parental choice and innovative programs
Title IV - correct answer flexibility and accountability; prohibits discrimination
Race To The Top (RTTT) - correct answer 2009; competition between 46 states and DC to
implement college-ready reform plans; standards were created in collaboration by the states
The Consent Decree - correct answer 1970; addresses the rights of ELL students; grounded in
the 14th Amendment; requires instruction to be delivered in a free and comprehensive manner
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act - correct answer 1973; requires school districts to provide
a free appropriate education (FAPE) to each qualified student with a disability
Americans with Disabilities Act - correct answer 1990; civil rights law that prohibits
discrimination based on disability; provides similar protections as the Civil Rights Act of 1964
autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) - correct answer developmental disability affecting
verbal/nonverbal communication and social interaction which tends to have an impact on
educational performance; classified as OHI
deaf or hard-of-hearing - correct answer severe impairment that impedes the processing of
linguistic information through hearing without amplification; may have adverse effects on a
student's educational performance
developmentally delayed (DD) - correct answer student who is delayed in one or more of the
following areas:
,FTCE NAVA ED ESE STUDY GUIDE | 300 Questions with 100% Correct answer s | Verified | 2025
ASSURED SUCCESS
adaptive or self-help development
cognitive development
communication development
social/emotional development
physical/motor development
dual-sensory impaired (DSI) - correct answer simultaneous hearing and visual impairment that
causes severe communication, acquisition of communication, acquisition of information, and
functionality within the environment deficits
emotion or behavioral disabilities (EBD) - correct answer one or more of the following
characteristics over a period of time to the extent that it adversely affects educational
performance
unexplained inability to learn
inability to maintain interpersonal relationships
inappropriate types of behaviors or feelings
prevalent unhappiness or depression
homebound or hospitalized (HH) - correct answer restriction of activities over a period of time
based upon medical diagnosis or psychiatric condition; confines student to home or hospital
intellectual disabilities (InD) - correct answer significant subaverage general intellectual
functioning and deficits in adaptive behavior manifested during birth through age 19
other health impairment (OHI) - correct answer having limited strength, vitality or alertness
during a heightened alertness to environmental stimuli; results in limited alertness to the
educational environment and due to chronic health problems
these include:
asthma
ADD
ADHD
diabetes
epilepsy
heart condition
hemophilia
, FTCE NAVA ED ESE STUDY GUIDE | 300 Questions with 100% Correct answer s | Verified | 2025
ASSURED SUCCESS
lead poisoning
leukemia
ASD
rheumatic fever
Tourette syndrome
sickle cell anemia
orthopedic impairment (OI) - correct answer severe skeletal, muscular, or neuromuscular
impairment resulting from congenital anomalies and impairments from other causes
traumatic brain disorder (TBI) - correct answer injury to the brain caused by external force;
causes impairment in one or more of the following
cognition
language
memory
attention
reasoning
abstract thinking
judgement
problem-solving
sensory deficits
perceptual deficits
psychosocial behavior
decreased physical functions
lack of information processing
speech deficits
specific learning disabilities (SLD) - correct answer disorder in one or more basic psychological
processes
brain injury
perceptual disabilities
