Identification, Assessment, and Evaluation

The IDEA requires that before a student is placed in a special education program they must be evaluated to determine...

• if the student's IQ is less than 100.

• whether the student has an IDEA disability

• if the student requires special education and related services because of their disability

• the nature and extent of their functional needs that will be addressed.

What are the characteristics that the USDoE recognize underlie all RTI models?

• Students receive high quality research based instruction in their general education setting

• Continuous monitoring of student performance

• All students are screened for academic and behavior problems

• Multiple levels (tiers) of instruction that are progressively more intense, based on the student's response to instruction

• Intensive supports provided in small group separate settings.

Informal prereferral assessments may include:

• psychological testing

• classroom tests

• daily observations

• interviews

RTI must be used prior to any referral to special education

• True

• False

Screening conducted with an individual or small group to determine interventions or placement requires parental consent?

• True

• False

When a student is referred to the MDT for a special education evaluation they must be evaluated for the presence of a disability?

• True

• False

Which of the following require parental consent.

• Child find activities

• Evaluation of a child for special education services

• classroom reading assessments

• A referral to request to the MDT

What is the MDT

• Micro-decisions Team

• Multidimensional Tiers

• Multidisciplinary Team

• Macro-developmental Transition

To ensure that the MDT conducts an appropriate assessment, the IDEA includes rigorous procedural requirements. What are procedural requirements?

• Specific steps and processes that must be followed
• Loose guidelines
• No set procedures
• Random guesswork

Which of these are procedural requirements for conducting an assessment.

• The parents of a child with disabilities being evaluated must be allowed to participate in the process

• The school must obtain consent for the initial assessment

• The tests must be administered in accordance with the instructions provided by the producer of the test.

• The student must be assessed in all areas of the suspected disability