Ch 1-4 and 8 (Assessment)

Dr. Watson is a special education teacher who is busy looking for patterns in the previous mathematics performance of a student she is working hard to support. In which of the following stages of the assessment process is Dr. Watson presently engaged?

• Planning instruction
• Interpreting assessment results
• Administering the assessment
• Analyzing assessment data

Jason's parents have just been called in for a meeting with the school psychologist who would like to discuss the results of Jason's psychological evaluation. The school psychologist intends to inform them that Jason has a specific learning disability. Which stage of the assessment process is described in this scenario?

• Initial Screening
• Evaluation
• Determination

• Intervention Planning

Which of the following best represents a decision area influenced by assessment in special education?

• Choosing the right curriculum for all students
• Classroom seating arrangements

• IEP development decisions

• Decisions regarding career choices for students

This landmark court case set the precedent for the concept of a “free appropriate public education?

• Brown v. Board of Education
• Roe v. Wade
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Parc V. Commonwealth of PA

a landmark court cases played a significant role in the development of future special education laws as it overthrew the previous “separate but equal” approach to not only education, but many other societal structures

• Brown v. Board of Education
• Roe v. Wade
• Marbury v. Madison
• Plessy v. Ferguson

The Education for all Handicapped Children’s Act is Public Law:

• Public Law 94-142
• Public Law 101-476
• Public Law 108-446
• Public Law 99-457

Which of the following landmark court cases established the precedent that school districts could not deny students access to education on the basis of financial constraint?

• Brown v. Board of Education
• San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez
• Plessy V. Ferguson

• Mills v. Board of Education of District of Columbia

__ was an original piece of legislation ensuring students equal opportunity to all school activities

• The Inclusion Act

• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

• Rehabilitation Act of 1973

• Education for All Handicapped Children Act

__ represents the most recent version of the critical legislation which mandates the existence of special education

• IDEA 2004
• IDEA 1997
• IDEA 1990
• IDEA 1986

I D E I A establishes the notion that all students with disabilities have a right to access a free and _______ public education.