Quiz on Education Acts and Laws

To understand the number of exceptional students (those with needs not met by traditional educational programs), you must understand incidence and prevalence. Which of the following best describes these two terms?

• Incidence is the total number of individuals in a category at a specific point in time. Prevalence is the number of identified individuals falling into a category for the first time.

• Incidence is the numbers of individuals with needs unable to be addressed by traditional education programs; prevalence is the number of programs schools have for General Education students v. Special Education students

• The percentages of students in a disability category; the number of categories compared to the general population.

• Incidence refers to the number of identified individuals falling into a category for the first time; prevalence refers to the toal number of individuals in a category at a particular point in time.

What does FAPE stand for in the context of the IDEA?

• Free Appropriate Public Education

• Free Accessible Public Education

• Fundamental Appropriate Public Education

• Fundamental Accessible Public Education

Schools must evaluate any and all children ages 3-21 who may be eligible for special education services. This is called Child Find.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The correct answer is False. Statistics from 2017 outline 40% of identified students with disabilities have Specific Learning Disabilities, followed by Other Health Impairments at 16%. Examples of Other Health Impairments include diabetes, epilepsy, severe asthma, and muscular dystrophy.

What changed after enacting the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990?

• Employers with 15 or more employees couldn't discriminate against those with disabilities and had to provide reasonable accommodations.

• Public accommodations must have appropriate, free access for individuals with disabilities.

• All public transit vehicles must allow accessibility for individuals with disabilities.

• Telecommunications devices (TVs, remotes, cell phones and telephones) must have large enough buttons for anyone to use.

Which of the following are provisions and requirements for IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Improvement Act)?

• Free appropriate public education (appropriate, not optimal: "level the playing field" so those with disabilities are not put at an disadvantage)

• Child Find (all children with disabilities, even those who are unhoused, wards of the state, or attend private schools, are identified/evaluated for Special Ed)

• Procedural Safeguards (protecting the rights of parents and the local educational agency)

• Nondiscriminatory evaluation procedures (provided and administered in the language most likely to yield accurate information, are valid & reliable, students assessed in all areas of a suspected disability)

What is the focus of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) of 2015?

• To require school districts to level the playing field for students with disabilities

• To provide an appropriate education for all students, regardless of their situation

• To update NCLB, to mandate education to be college & career ready, and to address achievement gaps for targeted groups

• To ensure that public buildings and transit are accessible to individuals with disabilities

What does LRE stand for in the context of education for students with disabilities?

• Least Restrictive Environment

• Limited Resource Education

• Learning Resource Enhancement

• Long-term Educational Requirement

What is the purpose of a Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA)?

• To determine the student's academic performance

• To determine the function or the purpose that a behavior serves

• To assess the student's physical abilities

• To evaluate the teacher's instructional methods

What is an IEP?

• International Education Program

• Individualized Exercise Plan

• Individualized Education Program

• Integrated Evaluation Procedure

In discipline situations involving students with disabilities, the school team must consider which of the following factors?

• the nature of the incident

• the relationship of the incident to the student's disability

• whether the incident involves weapons, drugs, or serious bodily injury

• none of these