The term least restrictive environment refers to
a. serving all students with disabilities in the regular classroom. b. assessing children within their home environment.
c. focusing special education services on community-based goals.
d. providing services in a setting that is as close to normal as possible.
[Ques. 2] Which of the following is characteristic of nondiscriminatory evaluation as defined by the Education for All
Handicapped Children Act?
a. The student must be evaluated with a group of students from the same cultural background. b. The student must be reevaluated every month.
c. The student must be examined by a person from the same culture.
d. Evaluation must take place with tests appropriate to the student's cultural and linguistic background.
[Ques. 3] The concept of zero reject means that
a. school districts have the option to refuse services if they currently do not offer those services.
b. schools can decide to reject students who need services if the cost is considered too high.
c. schools are obligated to provide a free and appropriate public education to all students.
d. schools can decide whether they want to provide services to an exceptional student.
[Ques. 4] The set of procedures specified in Public Law 94-142 that allow parents to call a hearing when they do not agree with the school's plan for their child, retain an examiner outside the school system, or to take other actions is called
a. due process.
b. the least restrictive environment. c. parental participation.
d. zero reject.
[Ques. 5] Which of the following is NOT a right given to parents by Public Law-94-142?
a. They may access their child's educational records.
b. They can participate in the development of the IEP.
c. They can request a due process hearing.
d. They can control the teacher and school their child is assigned.
[Ques. 6] Which of the following was a barrier to the creation of federal legislation regarding the education of children with exceptionalities?
a. Parents groups were more interested in lobbying individual states for change instead of forming a national coalition.
b. A strong federal role in education violated the American tradition of making education the responsibility of states.
c. There was no scientific recognition of the role of educational intervention in the education of exceptional children.
d. Educators disliked the idea of legal regulation of their teaching and distrusted any federal intervention.
[Ques. 7] It is considered a violation of federal law for an educator to ignore federal regulations regarding the education of children with exceptionalities.
a. True
b. False
[Ques. 8] According to the authors of your text, the influence of the school on how exceptional children adjust to life
a. is greater than the influence of their homes and families.
b. is not a major factor.
c. is one of many important environmental influences, including home and family. d. can be measured using standardized tests.
[Ques. 9] Which of the following was NOT a cause leading to federal intervention in the education of children with exceptionalities?
a. Increased services for children with exceptionalities caused a personnel shortage.
b. There were discrepancies in what states offered educationally to children with exceptionalities. c. The field of special education was not clearly defined.
d. States were spending too much time and money on the education of children with exceptionalities.
[Ques. 10] The idea of educating every child to achieve his or her greatest potential is a relatively recent one.
a. True
b. False
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