Special Education Quiz

What is the main goal of special education?

• To provide limited educational opportunities for children with disabilities

• To help exceptional children achieve personal self-sufficiency and success

• To segregate children with disabilities from regular education

• To ignore the needs of children with disabilities

What is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in the United States?

• A law that provides free, appropriate public education for children with disabilities

• A law that limits the rights of children with disabilities

• A law that discriminates against children with disabilities

• A law that excludes children with disabilities from education

What is the term used to describe children who have a greater chance of developing a disability?

• Developmental disability

• Handicap

• At risk

• Impairment

What is the purpose of the Zero reject principle in special education?

• To limit the rights of children with disabilities

• To provide biased testing methods for children with disabilities

• To enroll every child in public education regardless of disabilities

• To exclude children with disabilities from education

What is the main disadvantage of labeling children with disabilities?

• It helps in setting high expectations for the labeled child

• It promotes inclusive education practices

• It may lead to poor self-concept and peer rejection

• It encourages a focus on what the child can do

What is the primary responsibility of schools under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)?

• To limit the rights of children with disabilities

• To exclude children with disabilities from education

• To discriminate against children with disabilities

• To provide free, appropriate public education for children with disabilities

What is the main difference between mental retardation and giftedness?

• Mental retardation is characterized by high performance in intellectual areas

• Giftedness is characterized by sub-average intellectual functioning

• Mental retardation is characterized by significant limitations in intellectual functioning

• Giftedness is characterized by learning disabilities

What is the purpose of the Least restrictive environment principle in special education?

• To limit the educational opportunities for children with disabilities

• To educate students with disabilities separately from others

• To provide the most inclusive educational setting possible for children with disabilities

• To segregate children with disabilities from regular education

What is the main goal of special education according to the text?

• To ignore the needs of children with disabilities

• To provide limited educational opportunities for children with disabilities

• To segregate children with disabilities from regular education

• To help exceptional children achieve personal self-sufficiency and success

What is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in the United States?

• A law that limits the rights of children with disabilities

• A law that discriminates against children with disabilities

• A law that provides free, appropriate public education for children with disabilities

• A law that excludes children with disabilities from education