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Question 1Foundations of Special Education

Under IDEA, the term FAPE refers to which entitlement?

  1. Formal assessment of pupil eligibility
  2. Federally approved program evaluation
  3. Family and parent engagement
  4. Free appropriate public education Correct answer.

Explanation

IDEA guarantees every eligible child with a disability a free appropriate public education: special education and related services provided at public expense, meeting state standards, and delivered in conformity with the child's IEP. It is the central entitlement of the law, not an evaluation or family-involvement procedure.

Question 2Foundations of Special Education

IDEA Part B, the federal grant program that carries most special education requirements, serves children with disabilities in which age range?

  1. 5 through 18
  2. 6 through 21
  3. 3 through 21 Correct answer.
  4. Birth through 21

Explanation

Part B of IDEA covers children ages 3 through 21 (some states serve eligible students through age 21 or 22 under state law). Services for infants and toddlers from birth to age 3 are delivered under Part C.

Question 3Foundations of Special Education

The least restrictive environment requirement of IDEA means that a student with a disability must be

  1. served in a separate setting until academic skills reach grade level
  2. educated with nondisabled peers to the maximum extent appropriate Correct answer.
  3. placed in a general education classroom for the entire school day
  4. assigned to whichever setting the parent prefers

Explanation

IDEA requires that students with disabilities be educated alongside nondisabled peers to the maximum extent appropriate, with removal occurring only when supplementary aids and services cannot make satisfactory progress possible. Placement is an individualized team decision, not an automatic full-inclusion or full-separation rule.

Question 4Foundations of Special Education

Which individual is a required member of a student's IEP team when the student is, or may be, participating in the general education environment?

  1. At least one of the student's general education teachers Correct answer.
  2. A representative from the state education agency
  3. The student's private tutor
  4. The school psychologist who administered the evaluation

Explanation

IDEA lists required IEP team members, including the parent, at least one special education teacher, a local education agency representative, and, when the child is or may be in the general education environment, at least one general education teacher. The general education teacher contributes knowledge about the general curriculum and classroom requirements.

Question 5Foundations of Special Education

Under IDEA, child find refers to a state's obligation to

  1. recruit and hire qualified special education teachers
  2. identify, locate, and evaluate all children with disabilities who need special education Correct answer.
  3. track the education records of students who move between districts
  4. determine which disabilities qualify for Medicaid reimbursement

Explanation

Child find requires states and districts to have policies and procedures ensuring that all children with disabilities residing in the state who need special education and related services are identified, located, and evaluated, including children in private schools and homeless children. It is a proactive identification duty.

Question 6Foundations of Special Education

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in

  1. postsecondary institutions but not elementary and secondary schools
  2. employment settings but not educational settings
  3. any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance Correct answer.
  4. privately funded religious schools only

Explanation

Section 504 applies to every program or activity that receives federal financial assistance, which includes public elementary and secondary schools as well as colleges and other recipients. It bars disability discrimination and requires reasonable accommodations for otherwise qualified individuals with disabilities.

Question 7Foundations of Special Education

Which of the following is classified as a related service under IDEA?

  1. Afterschool tutoring in reading
  2. A class field trip to a local museum
  3. Speech-language pathology services Correct answer.
  4. A modified grading rubric in science

Explanation

Related services are developmental, corrective, and other supportive services required to help a child with a disability benefit from special education; speech-language pathology and transportation are explicitly listed examples. Grading changes and tutoring are instructional supports rather than related services.

Question 8Foundations of Special Education

IDEA requires a school district to give parents prior written notice whenever the district

  1. changes the driver assigned to the student's bus route
  2. schedules a routine parent-teacher conference
  3. issues a report card with lower grades than the family expected
  4. proposes to change, or refuses to change, the identification, evaluation, or educational placement of a child Correct answer.

Explanation

Prior written notice must be given a reasonable time before the district proposes or refuses to initiate or change the identification, evaluation, educational placement, or provision of a free appropriate public education. The notice must describe the action, the reasons, and the procedural safeguards available.

Question 9Foundations of Special Education

Under the federal timeline in IDEA, an initial evaluation must be completed within how long after the district receives parental consent?

  1. 30 days
  2. 10 school days
  3. One calendar year
  4. 60 days Correct answer.

Explanation

IDEA sets a default timeline of 60 days after receipt of parental consent to complete an initial evaluation, though a state may establish its own timeframe. Districts must also conduct the initial evaluation before determining eligibility.

Question 10Foundations of Special Education

IDEA requires that a child with a disability be reevaluated

  1. only when the student transfers to a new school
  2. at least once every three years unless the parent and district agree otherwise Correct answer.
  3. each time the student performs poorly on a statewide assessment
  4. every year at the annual IEP meeting

Explanation

A reevaluation must occur at least once every three years, unless the parent and the district agree that it is unnecessary. Reevaluation may also be requested more frequently when conditions warrant.

Question 11Foundations of Special Education

A student with a disability violates the code of conduct. Under IDEA, school personnel may remove the student from the current placement for up to how many consecutive school days before the removal is treated as a change of placement?

  1. 5 school days
  2. 10 school days Correct answer.
  3. 3 school days
  4. 45 school days

Explanation

School personnel may remove a child with a disability for not more than 10 consecutive school days to the same extent they would remove a child without a disability. Removal beyond that period, or a pattern of removals amounting to a change of placement, triggers additional procedural protections.

Question 12Foundations of Special Education

Before a disciplinary change of placement that exceeds 10 school days, the IEP team must

  1. place the student in home instruction for the balance of the year
  2. determine whether the conduct was caused by or directly and substantially related to the student's disability Correct answer.
  3. conduct a complete new initial evaluation
  4. obtain approval from the state education agency

Explanation

A manifestation determination review examines whether the conduct was caused by or had a direct and substantial relationship to the child's disability, or was the direct result of the district's failure to implement the IEP. If the conduct is a manifestation, different disciplinary rules apply.

Question 13Foundations of Special Education

If a student with a disability brings a weapon to school, the district may place the student in an interim alternative educational setting for not more than

  1. 90 calendar days
  2. 10 school days
  3. 45 school days Correct answer.
  4. one full semester

Explanation

IDEA authorizes removal to an interim alternative educational setting for not more than 45 school days when a child carries or possesses a weapon, knowingly possesses or uses illegal drugs, or inflicts serious bodily injury at school or a school function. The setting must allow the child to continue to progress in the general curriculum and receive needed services.

Question 14Foundations of Special Education

Under IDEA, measurable postsecondary goals and transition services must be included in the IEP beginning no later than the student's

  1. 14th birthday
  2. 16th birthday Correct answer.
  3. final year of high school
  4. 18th birthday

Explanation

IDEA requires appropriate measurable postsecondary goals and transition services in the IEP no later than the first IEP in effect when the child turns 16, and annually thereafter. Some states set an earlier age, such as 14, but the federal floor is 16.

Question 15Foundations of Special Education

An IEP must be reviewed and, if appropriate, revised at least

  1. every five years
  2. once a year Correct answer.
  3. once each semester
  4. every three years

Explanation

IDEA requires the IEP team to review the child's IEP periodically and at least annually to determine whether the annual goals are being achieved and to revise the IEP as needed. The three-year cycle applies to reevaluation, not to IEP review.

Question 16Foundations of Special Education

A parent disagrees with the district's evaluation and requests an independent educational evaluation at public expense. Under IDEA, the district must

  1. fund the evaluation only if the parent pays half the cost
  2. ignore the request unless the parent files a due process complaint
  3. choose the evaluator and limit the evaluation to a single test
  4. either fund the evaluation or request a due process hearing to show its own evaluation was appropriate Correct answer.

Explanation

When a parent requests an independent educational evaluation at public expense, the district must either provide it or file for a due process hearing to demonstrate that its own evaluation was appropriate. During the pendency of that hearing, the district may not delay in providing the evaluation unless the parent agrees otherwise.

Question 17Foundations of Special Education

Response to Intervention is best described as

  1. a multi-tiered system of increasingly intensive instruction with progress monitoring Correct answer.
  2. a procedure for disciplining students who disrupt instruction
  3. a placement that replaces the general education curriculum
  4. a mandatory federal tool for identifying intellectual disability

Explanation

RTI is a prevention-oriented framework in which students receive research-based instruction at increasing levels of intensity, with progress monitored to inform instructional decisions and referral for special education evaluation. It is a general education framework permitted, but not mandated, by IDEA.

Question 18Foundations of Special Education

When evaluating a student whose primary language is not English, the district must

  1. test only in English to keep procedures uniform across students
  2. postpone evaluation until the student is fully fluent in English
  3. rely only on teacher reports instead of standardized tests
  4. use tests in the student's native language or other mode of communication Correct answer.

Explanation

IDEA requires that assessment materials and procedures be selected and administered so as not to be discriminatory, and that testing be conducted in the child's native language or other mode of communication unless it is clearly not feasible. This ensures results reflect the child's abilities rather than language differences.

Question 19Foundations of Special Education

A student with a reading disability uses audiobooks and receives extended time on grade-level science tests. These supports are best described as

  1. supplementary aids, because they remove the need for special education
  2. related services, because a specialist delivers them
  3. accommodations, because they change access without changing expectations Correct answer.
  4. modifications, because the curriculum content is changed

Explanation

Accommodations change how a student accesses content or demonstrates learning without altering the content expectations or proficiency standards. Modifications, by contrast, change what the student is expected to learn or the level of performance required.

Question 20Foundations of Special Education

A state identifies a district as having significant disproportionality in special education identification by race or ethnicity. Under IDEA, the district must

  1. conduct a new comprehensive evaluation of every student in the district
  2. return all of its IDEA funds to the state education agency
  3. stop identifying students from the affected group for special education for one year
  4. reserve 15 percent of its IDEA Part B funds for comprehensive coordinated early intervening services Correct answer.

Explanation

When a state determines that significant disproportionality exists, IDEA requires the district to review and revise its policies and to reserve the maximum amount of funds (up to 15 percent) for comprehensive coordinated early intervening services, primarily for students in groups that were overidentified. The goal is to correct practices that produce disproportionality.

Question 21Foundations of Special Education

Parents file a due process complaint challenging a proposed change in their child's placement. Unless the parties agree otherwise, the child

  1. moves immediately to the proposed placement
  2. is placed in the setting recommended by the district's evaluator
  3. remains in the current educational placement while the proceedings are pending Correct answer.
  4. receives homebound instruction until the hearing concludes

Explanation

The stay-put provision requires that a child remain in the current educational placement during the pendency of due process proceedings, unless the parties agree otherwise or a hearing officer orders a temporary interim alternative setting for specified safety reasons. This protects the child from disruption while the dispute is resolved.

Question 22Foundations of Special Education

Under the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Schaffer v. Weast, the burden of proof in an IDEA due process hearing rests with

  1. the state education agency
  2. the party seeking relief Correct answer.
  3. the school district in every case
  4. the hearing officer, who must investigate independently

Explanation

In Schaffer v. Weast (2005), the Court held that the burden of persuasion in an IDEA due process hearing falls on the party seeking relief, whether that is the parent or the school district. Some states have since enacted laws placing the burden on the district.

Question 23Foundations of Special Education

When a student with a disability reaches the age of majority under state law, and has not been determined unable to provide informed consent,

  1. the IEP is terminated and replaced with a Section 504 plan
  2. the district must convene a new initial eligibility meeting
  3. the parent automatically becomes the student's educational surrogate
  4. all IDEA rights transfer to the student Correct answer.

Explanation

IDEA provides that rights under the law transfer to the student at the age of majority, except for students determined unable to provide informed consent, for whom a surrogate may be appointed. The IEP must include a statement that the student was informed of these rights at least one year before turning 18.

Question 24Foundations of Special Education

In developing a student's IEP, the team must

  1. purchase whatever assistive technology device the parent requests
  2. limit consideration of assistive technology to students with physical disabilities
  3. order assistive technology only after the student has failed without it
  4. consider whether the student needs assistive technology devices and services Correct answer.

Explanation

IDEA requires the IEP team to consider the child's need for assistive technology devices and services for every child with a disability, regardless of disability category. Assistive technology may include both devices and services such as evaluation, training, and maintenance.

Question 25Foundations of Special Education

Under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, which right do parents have regarding their child's education records?

  1. Any school employee may release records to outside agencies without consent
  2. Education records must be destroyed at the end of each school year
  3. Records must be released to anyone who submits a written request
  4. Parents may inspect and review their child's education records Correct answer.

Explanation

FERPA gives parents, and eligible students once rights transfer, the right to inspect and review education records, to seek amendment of records believed inaccurate, and to consent to most disclosures. Disclosure without consent is limited to specific statutory exceptions, such as school officials with legitimate educational interests.

Question 26Foundations of Special Education

Under IDEA, special education is defined as specially designed instruction provided at no cost to parents that

  1. follows a separate functional curriculum for each disability category
  2. replaces the general education curriculum for most of the school day
  3. is delivered only in a setting separate from nondisabled peers
  4. adapts content, methodology, or delivery to the child's needs Correct answer.

Explanation

IDEA defines special education as specially designed instruction that adapts, as appropriate, the content, methodology, or delivery of instruction to address the unique needs of a child with a disability and to ensure access to the general curriculum. The adaptation requirement is what makes the instruction "specially designed."

Question 27Foundations of Special Education

The requirement that a state identify, locate, and evaluate every child in its jurisdiction who may need special education, including children enrolled in private schools, is known as

  1. the pre-referral intervention process
  2. the continuum of alternative placements
  3. child find Correct answer.
  4. the procedural safeguards notice

Explanation

Child find obligates states and districts to actively seek out and evaluate all children who may be eligible, regardless of the severity of the disability and regardless of whether they attend public or private school. It is an affirmative duty rather than a passive one that depends on parents requesting services.

Question 28Foundations of Special Education

How many separate disability categories does IDEA list for eligibility purposes?

  1. Eleven
  2. Thirteen Correct answer.
  3. Six
  4. Nine

Explanation

IDEA recognizes thirteen disability categories, ranging from autism and deaf-blindness to traumatic brain injury and visual impairment including blindness. A child must fit one of these categories and, because of the disability, need special education to be eligible.

Question 29Foundations of Special Education

At a state's discretion, the IDEA category of developmental delay may be applied to children who are

  1. any age up to 21
  2. under age 3 only
  3. between the ages of 3 and 9 Correct answer.
  4. between the ages of 5 and 12

Explanation

IDEA permits states and districts to use the developmental delay category for children aged three through nine who are experiencing developmental delays in one or more areas. The category is optional and its use is defined by state policy.

Question 30Foundations of Special Education

In Board of Education of Hendrick Hudson v. Rowley, the U.S. Supreme Court interpreted FAPE to require

  1. instruction tailored to the child with sufficient support to confer benefit Correct answer.
  2. the maximum educational benefit a district can provide
  3. full-time placement in the general education classroom
  4. an identical program to that offered to nondisabled peers

Explanation

Rowley held that FAPE means personalized instruction with sufficient support services to permit the child to benefit educationally, and rejected a requirement that districts maximize each child's potential. The standard is adequacy, not the best possible program.

Question 31Foundations of Special Education

Which IEP component states how a student's disability affects the student's involvement and progress in the general education curriculum?

  1. Present levels of academic achievement and functional performance Correct answer.
  2. The description of how progress will be measured
  3. Annual goals and short-term objectives
  4. The statement of special education and related services

Explanation

The present levels statement describes the child's current academic achievement and functional performance and explains how the disability affects involvement and progress in the general curriculum. Every goal and service decision in the IEP should follow from that statement.

Question 32Foundations of Special Education

IDEA defines an assistive technology device as any item or product system that is used to

  1. identify a disability before an initial evaluation
  2. substitute for a related service listed on the IEP
  3. replace instruction delivered by a certified teacher
  4. increase, maintain, or improve a child's functional capabilities Correct answer.

Explanation

IDEA defines an assistive technology device as any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of a child with a disability. The definition turns on functional improvement, not on replacing instruction.

Question 33Foundations of Special Education

IDEA's least restrictive environment provision creates a presumption that a student with a disability will be

  1. moved to a separate school until the student is ready to return
  2. educated alongside nondisabled peers to the maximum extent appropriate Correct answer.
  3. placed in a resource room for part of every school day
  4. assigned a one-to-one paraprofessional in each class

Explanation

The least restrictive environment requirement presumes education in the regular classroom with supplementary aids and services, and permits removal only when education there cannot be achieved satisfactorily even with supports. Each removal decision must be justified by the individual student's needs.

Question 34Foundations of Special Education

A second grader's reading scores are far below grade level. Records show the student changed schools repeatedly and received no systematic phonics instruction. Before identifying a specific learning disability, the team must first

  1. administer an individually scored intelligence test to establish a discrepancy
  2. determine whether the gap results from a lack of appropriate reading instruction Correct answer.
  3. obtain an independent evaluation paid for by the parents
  4. place the student in a self-contained reading class for a trial period

Explanation

IDEA requires the team to consider whether low achievement is the result of a lack of appropriate instruction in reading or mathematics, or of limited English proficiency, before finding a specific learning disability. If inadequate instruction explains the gap, the student is not identified as having a learning disability on that basis.

Question 35Foundations of Special Education

A student is repeatedly truant, argues with teachers, and has been involved in fights, but the team finds no long-standing pattern of the characteristics listed in IDEA's emotional disturbance definition. The student is best described as

  1. eligible as a student with an other health impairment
  2. eligible for special education because the behavior affects grades
  3. socially maladjusted and not eligible under the emotional disturbance category Correct answer.
  4. eligible as a student with an emotional disturbance

Explanation

IDEA's definition expressly excludes students who are socially maladjusted unless the team determines that an emotional disturbance is present. Defiance and truancy alone, without a long-standing pattern of the specified characteristics, do not meet the category.

Question 36Foundations of Special Education

Which condition qualifies as a traumatic brain injury under IDEA?

  1. A congenital condition that affects motor coordination
  2. A progressive neurological disease diagnosed during adolescence
  3. An acquired brain injury caused by external force that impairs educational performance Correct answer.
  4. A brain injury present at birth that results from oxygen deprivation

Explanation

IDEA defines traumatic brain injury as an acquired injury to the brain caused by an external physical force that results in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment affecting educational performance. The definition expressly excludes congenital, degenerative, and birth-trauma injuries.

Question 37Foundations of Special Education

IDEA requires that the IEP team include a representative of the local education agency who is

  1. the student's general education teacher or another content-area specialist
  2. the school principal or an assistant principal
  3. qualified to supervise special education and aware of district resources Correct answer.
  4. a certified school psychologist assigned to the building

Explanation

The local education agency representative must be qualified to provide or supervise the provision of specially designed instruction, be knowledgeable about the general curriculum, and be knowledgeable about the availability of district resources. The role is defined by those qualifications rather than by a specific job title.

Question 38Foundations of Special Education

The parent and the district agree in writing to excuse the general education teacher from an IEP meeting, but the student's participation in the general education classroom will be discussed. Which action is required?

  1. The parent must sign a waiver of the teacher's participation
  2. The excusal is void because required members may not be excused
  3. The teacher must submit written input to the team before the meeting Correct answer.
  4. The meeting must be rescheduled so the teacher can attend

Explanation

A team member may be excused with written parental consent, but when the member's area of the curriculum or related services will be discussed, that member must provide written input to the team before the meeting. Written agreement and written input both serve to protect the parent's participation rights.

Question 39Foundations of Special Education

A parent refuses to consent to an initial evaluation of her child. Under IDEA, the district may

  1. terminate all services and refer the family to child protective services
  2. wait one year and then evaluate without parental consent
  3. use mediation or due process procedures to obtain the evaluation Correct answer.
  4. evaluate the child without consent because evaluation is mandated

Explanation

When a parent refuses consent for an initial evaluation, the district may not override that refusal unilaterally, but it may pursue the evaluation through mediation or a due process hearing. The district is not required to pursue those options.

Question 40Foundations of Special Education

In Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District, the Supreme Court clarified that an IEP must be

  1. aligned to the same grade-level standards used for all students in the district
  2. reasonably calculated to enable appropriate progress in the child's circumstances Correct answer.
  3. supported by evidence of at least one year of academic growth per year
  4. designed to close the achievement gap between the child and nondisabled peers

Explanation

Endrew F. held that an IEP must be reasonably calculated to enable a child to make progress appropriate in light of the child's circumstances, and that a merely de minimis benefit is not enough. The standard is individualized rather than a fixed formula of grade-level performance or annual growth.

Question 41Foundations of Special Education

A student with spina bifida needs clean intermittent catheterization during the school day. The service can be performed by the school nurse. Under IDEA, the district must

  1. require the parent to come to school to perform the procedure
  2. decline because the procedure is medical rather than educational
  3. provide the service as a related service at no cost to the family Correct answer.
  4. arrange for a physician to administer the procedure off campus

Explanation

School health services necessary for a student to attend school are related services when they can be performed by a nurse or other qualified person and do not require a physician. The district may not shift the burden of a school-day procedure to the family.

Question 42Foundations of Special Education

IDEA defines supplementary aids and services as supports that are provided

  1. only in separate special education classrooms staffed by a specialist
  2. as a substitute for the student's entire special education and related services program
  3. by related service providers working outside the regular school day
  4. in regular classes and other settings to enable education with nondisabled peers Correct answer.

Explanation

Supplementary aids and services are supports provided in regular education classes, other education-related settings, and extracurricular settings to enable a student with a disability to be educated with nondisabled peers to the maximum extent appropriate. They are additions to, not replacements for, the student's program.

Question 43Foundations of Special Education

Which list best reflects IDEA's continuum of alternative placements?

  1. Regular classes, special classes, special schools, home and hospital settings Correct answer.
  2. Screening, pre-referral intervention, evaluation, and eligibility determination
  3. Inclusion, co-teaching, collaborative consultation, and monitored placement
  4. Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 interventions delivered in the classroom

Explanation

IDEA requires a continuum ranging from instruction in regular classes to special classes, special schools, home instruction, and instruction in hospitals and institutions. The continuum ensures that a placement exists that matches the student's individually determined needs.

Question 44Foundations of Special Education

An IEP team places a student with a mild intellectual disability in a separate class primarily because the district has an established program for that disability category. This decision is inconsistent with IDEA because placement must be

  1. based on the student's individual needs and determined at least annually Correct answer.
  2. approved by the school board before it is implemented
  3. chosen from the options the district currently operates
  4. reviewed by the state education agency at least once each school year

Explanation

Placement decisions must be made by the IEP team, based on the student's IEP and individual needs, and determined at least annually. Assigning a setting on the basis of a disability label rather than individual need violates the least restrictive environment requirement.

Question 45Foundations of Special Education

Universal design for learning is best described as

  1. modifying curriculum so that students with disabilities receive different content
  2. planning instruction with multiple means of representation, engagement, and expression Correct answer.
  3. a pre-referral process that must be completed before an evaluation
  4. an architectural standard for making school buildings physically accessible

Explanation

Universal design for learning is a proactive approach to instructional planning that builds in multiple means of representation, engagement, and action and expression so a wide range of learners can access the curriculum. It reduces the need for individualized retrofitting of lessons after the fact.

Question 46Foundations of Special Education

Parents withdraw their child from public school and enroll the child in a private school, then seek tuition reimbursement. Under IDEA, reimbursement may be ordered when

  1. the district failed to provide FAPE and the private placement is appropriate Correct answer.
  2. the IEP team failed to include a regular education teacher at the last meeting
  3. the student's test scores improved after the private placement began
  4. the parents notified the district of their intent and the private school is state approved

Explanation

Reimbursement for a unilateral private placement may be awarded when the district did not provide FAPE in a timely manner and the parents' chosen placement is appropriate, subject to equitable considerations. Procedural defects alone do not justify reimbursement absent a denial of FAPE.

Question 47Foundations of Special Education

Which set of factors do courts typically weigh when deciding whether a district has complied with the least restrictive environment requirement?

  1. The severity of the disability, the cost of services, and the availability of transportation
  2. The parents' preference, the student's test scores, and the school's ranking
  3. Steps to include the student, comparison with nondisabled peers, and possible benefits Correct answer.
  4. The district's budget, average class sizes, and teacher seniority

Explanation

Courts examine the steps the district took to include the student with supplementary aids and services, whether the student can be educated satisfactorily in the regular classroom compared with nondisabled peers, and the possible benefits of integrated and segregated settings. The inquiry is individualized and looks at what supports were tried.

Question 48Foundations of Special Education

A parent submits written revocation of consent for their child's special education services. Which statement describes the district's obligation?

  1. The district must convene an IEP meeting and obtain a new signature before ending services
  2. The district must provide prior written notice and is not required to continue services Correct answer.
  3. The district must continue services until the end of the current school year
  4. The district must file for due process to keep the IEP in effect

Explanation

Upon written revocation of consent, the district must give prior written notice and may discontinue special education and related services without filing for due process. It must not, however, use revocation to deny the student other services available to all students.

Question 49Foundations of Special Education

Under IDEA, a district identified as having significant disproportionality must reserve the maximum amount of its IDEA funds for comprehensive coordinated early intervening services, which is

  1. 50 percent of the total IDEA subgrant
  2. 15 percent of the total IDEA subgrant Correct answer.
  3. 5 percent of the total IDEA subgrant
  4. 25 percent of the total IDEA subgrant

Explanation

Districts identified with significant disproportionality based on race or ethnicity must reserve 15 percent of their IDEA Part B subgrant for comprehensive coordinated early intervening services. The requirement is mandatory for identified districts, unlike the voluntary 15 percent that other districts may reserve.

Question 50Foundations of Special Education

In Larry P. v. Riles, a federal court restricted the use of standardized intelligence tests primarily because the tests were

  1. scored differently for students depending on their age, grade level, and school
  2. administered and scored by teachers who lacked state certification in assessment
  3. used to place African American students in segregated classes at disproportionate rates Correct answer.
  4. too expensive for most school districts to administer on a large scale

Explanation

The court found that standardized intelligence tests were culturally biased and were being used to place African American students in segregated classes for the educable mentally retarded in disproportionate numbers. The decision limited reliance on such tests for that purpose and remains a landmark case on biased assessment.