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Question 1 Understand foundational special education law

Question 1: Understand foundational special education law

Which federal law guarantees a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment for students with disabilities and mandates the use of an individualized education program?

Question 2 Understand the components of an IEP

Question 2: Understand the components of an IEP

An IEP must include a statement of measurable annual goals. The primary purpose of these goals is to:

Question 3 Identify characteristics of specific disabilities

Question 3: Identify characteristics of specific disabilities

A student demonstrates persistent difficulty with accurate and fluent word recognition and poor spelling despite adequate instruction and intelligence. These characteristics are most consistent with:

Question 4 Apply knowledge of evaluation and eligibility procedures

Question 4: Apply knowledge of evaluation and eligibility procedures

Before a student can be initially evaluated for special education eligibility, the school must first obtain:

Question 5 Understand the least restrictive environment principle

Question 5: Understand the least restrictive environment principle

The least restrictive environment provision of IDEA requires that students with disabilities be educated:

Question 6 Apply behavior management strategies

Question 6: Apply behavior management strategies

A teacher conducts a functional behavior assessment for a student with frequent disruptions and determines the behavior is maintained by adult attention. The most appropriate intervention is to:

Question 7 Understand accommodations and modifications

Question 7: Understand accommodations and modifications

Allowing a student extended time on a test while keeping the test content and learning expectations the same is an example of a:

Question 8 Understand the Response to Intervention framework

Question 8: Understand the Response to Intervention framework

In a multi-tiered system of supports, Tier 1 instruction refers to:

Question 9 Understand procedural safeguards

Question 9: Understand procedural safeguards

When parents disagree with the school's evaluation of their child, IDEA gives them the right to request:

Question 10 Apply instructional strategies for students with disabilities

Question 10: Apply instructional strategies for students with disabilities

A teacher breaks a complex multi-step math procedure into smaller steps, models each step, and provides guided practice before independent work. This instructional approach is best described as:

Question 11 Understand transition planning

Question 11: Understand transition planning

By law, an IEP must include measurable postsecondary transition goals and transition services beginning no later than the IEP in effect when the student turns:

Question 12 Understand the disciplinary protections for students with disabilities

Question 12: Understand the disciplinary protections for students with disabilities

When a student with a disability is facing a disciplinary change of placement, the IEP team must conduct a manifestation determination to decide whether:

Question 13 Identify characteristics of autism spectrum disorder

Question 13: Identify characteristics of autism spectrum disorder

A student displays persistent challenges in social communication and interaction along with restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior and interests. These core features are most associated with:

Question 14 Apply assessment practices in special education

Question 14: Apply assessment practices in special education

A teacher gives a student a brief, standardized one-minute oral reading probe every week to track progress toward an IEP reading goal. This practice is an example of:

Question 15 Understand collaboration and co-teaching

Question 15: Understand collaboration and co-teaching

In a co-teaching model, a general education teacher and a special education teacher each lead a separate group covering the same content at the same time. This model is called:

Question 16 Understand the principle of FAPE

Question 16: Understand the principle of FAPE

According to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District, an IEP must be reasonably calculated to enable a child to:

Question 17 Apply principles of Universal Design for Learning

Question 17: Apply principles of Universal Design for Learning

A teacher offers students multiple ways to demonstrate what they have learned, such as a written report, an oral presentation, or a visual project. This practice reflects which principle of Universal Design for Learning?

Question 18 Understand early intervention services

Question 18: Understand early intervention services

Part C of IDEA provides early intervention services for which population?

Question 19 Apply strategies for students with emotional or behavioral disorders

Question 19: Apply strategies for students with emotional or behavioral disorders

A teacher reinforces a student for each interval in which a disruptive behavior does not occur. This behavior reduction strategy is known as:

Question 20 Understand confidentiality of student records

Question 20: Understand confidentiality of student records

Under FERPA, parents of a student with a disability generally have the right to:

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