Chapter 2: The Special Education Process: From Initial Identification to the Del

Identify a true statement about curriculum-based assessment.

It involves a teacher monitoring a student's progress based on the curriculum being used.

Identify a true statement about high-stakes assessment.

It is a group-administered achievement test.

Identify a true statement about criterion-referenced curriculum-based assessment.

It is a more informal type of curriculum-based assessment.

An Individualized Education Program

It is developed for all students aged 3-21 who have a disability.

An Individualized Family Service Program

It is developed for infants and toddlers who have a disability.

Which of the following is true about curriculum-based measurement?

It is useful with the response to intervention model to monitor progress.

In the context of high-stakes assessment, which of the following is an individually administered test that assists in special education eligibility decisions?

The Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement-III

Which of the following is considered the "grandfather" of intelligence tests?

The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale

Which of the following is a reason for the disproportionality of minority students in certain categories of special education?

The misuse of tests

According to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, parents are barred from being a part of the multidisciplinary individualized education program team that interacts with a student.

False

Criterion-referenced tests developed by the teacher of a student only are used for assessment. True false question.

False

The Developmental Indicators for the Assessment of Learning-4 program can only be used to identify young children with disabilities.

False

The cultural orientation of students does not affect how they perform on a test.

False

Utilizing the prereferral process in identifying disabilities is a legal requirement of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

False

The goal of transition in an individualized education program (IEP) is to help a

student move from school to postschool activities

In the context of the cascade of services model, level II involves _____.

students occasionally receiving instruction from special education personnel in a general education classroom

In the context of the cascade of services model, level I involves _____.

students with disabilities being taught in a general education classroom for an entire day

Identify a true statement about full inclusion.

It proposes that all students should be taught in the same type of instructional setting.

Which of the following should be ideally included in a child's individualized family service plan (IFSP)? (Check all that apply.)

1. A statement of specific early intervention services based on peer-reviewed research 2. A statement of the family's resources, priorities, and concerns relating to enhancing the child's development 3. A statement of the natural environments in which early intervention services will appropriately be provided

How are learning disabilities in school-aged students usually identified? (Check all that apply.)

1. By observing that students are falling behind classmates academically in areas such as reading and math. 2. By observing behavior problems such as withdrawal, aggression, or lack of compliance in students

Which of the following should be included in an individualized family service plan? (Check all that apply.)

A List of Strategies to be used, A Summary of the Family's Strengths and Needs, A list of specific objectives for the program

Identify the individuals who could be included in an individualized education program team. (Check all that apply)

A Special Education Teacher, A Representative of a Local Education Agency, A General Education Teacher

Which of the following steps should be taken once a student is identified as potentially having a disability?

A decision about whether or not the student requires special education services must be made.

The prereferral process is undertaken when _____.

A disability is suspected but is not severe

Which of the following factors can prevent a child from being eligible for disability?

A lack of instruction in math

Think-aloud procedure is used in _____.

Error Analysis

The categories of disabilities are often referred to as _____ and have been a source of considerable controversy in the area of special education. Multiple choice question.

Labels

Which of the following areas does the Developmental Indicators for the Assessment of Learning-4 measure? (Check all that apply.)

Motor Skills, Social Development, Areas of language

Identify the services provided as part of a child's individualized family service plan (IFSP). (Check all that apply.)

Physical Therapy, Early Identification, Screening, and Assessment Services, Assistive Technology Services

, which is a part of the prereferral process, involves gathering information, usually informally, before a referral is made.

Prereferral Assessment

Learning disabilities in school-aged students can be identified by utilizing the _____.

Responce to Intervention Model

Much information is available that indicates that the similarity of students' educational needs is a function of the _____.

Severity of Disability

According to Martin et al. (2006), identify the individuals who get the most time to talk during individualized education program meetings.

Special education teachers

Identify a reason for the over-identification of students from linguistically diverse backgrounds as having certain types of disabilities.

The test may be inaccurate because of language and dialect differences due to translation.

Which of the following is a key issue that is related to the concept of the least restrictive environment?

The unique needs of exceptional students

Identify a true statement about disability labels.

They provide a general idea of the needs of a student.

The _____ is a diagnostic procedure that allows a student to talk his or her way through the solution of a problem so the teacher can determine the incorrect procedures that are being used.

Think-aloud procedure

Which of the following do the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-V (WISC-V) measure? (Check all that apply.)

Verbal Comprehension, Processing Speed, Working Memory, Perceptual Reasoning

In the context of high-stakes assessment, the _____ is an individually administered test that assists in special education eligibility decisions.

Wechsler Individual Achievement Test-4

The intelligence test used most often in the schools to help determine eligibility for special education is the _____.

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-V

Which of the following does the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale measure? (Check all that apply.)

Working Memory, Visual- Spacial Processing, Quantitative Reasoning

The _____ is a diagnostic procedure that allows a student to talk his or her way through the solution of a problem so the teacher can determine the incorrect procedures that are being used. Multiple choice question.

think-aloud procedure

criterion-referenced test

Focuses on a student's mastery of content, what the student does and does not know

Level IV

Involves placing a student in a special education classroom within a regular school

Level VI

Involves students receiving instruction at home due to medical problems

Level V

Involves students with learning disabilities being segregated from students without learning disabilities

Which of the following did the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act cite as a negative consequence of using labels? Multiple choice question.

A disproportionate number of children from culturally different backgrounds being identified as having disabilities

Identify an issue that is closely related to the concept of the least restrictive environment.

Allowing students with disabilities to interact with their peers without disabilities

In the context of assessments, which of the following tests will be administered to a student referred for an intellectual disability?

An adaptive behavior scale

Which of the following areas does the Developmental Indicators for the Assessment of Learning-4 measure? (Check all that apply.)

Areas of Languages, Social Development

Data collected prior to a change in an intervention program are known as .

Baseline Data

According to Martin et al. (2006), how can educational programs be improved?

By involving students more in the development of education program

Identify the transition services in an individualized education program (IEP). (Check all that apply.)

Community Experiences, Instruction

A student who is thought to be gifted is most likely to be given a _____.

Creativity Test

_____ is a criterion-referenced test using the content of a student's curriculum as the basis for the items.

Criterion-referenced curriculum-based assessment

, developed in the 1980s by Deno and his associates at the University of Minnesota, is a formal type of curriculum-based assessment that uses standard methodology.

Curriculum Bases Measurement

The use of instruments designed to measure the expected curricular outcomes for a student is known as _____.

Curriculum-based assessment

Jemina, a special education teacher, collects the previous year's performance reports of the students in her class (Data A). She prepares a vision document with the targeted scores that she intends to achieve after the intervention program (Data B). After the completion of half of the intervention program, the scores are collected (Data C). Another report of the scores is made after the completion of the intervention program (Data D). Identify the baseline data in this scenario. Multiple choice question.

Data A

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act allows the use of the term for children with disability aged three to nine at the discretion of the state and local education agency.

Developmental Delay

The philosophy that all students with disabilities should receive all of their instruction in the general education classroom regardless of their level or type of disability is known as .

Full Inclusion

_____ is a large-scale assessment in which important decisions such as retention and graduation are made.

High-stakes Assessment

Task analysis is preceded by _____.

Identifying a skill area to be measured

Identify a possible reason for the disproportionality of minority students in certain categories of special education.

Inequities associated with special education referral rates

Two areas frequently evaluated for a student suspected of having a mild disability are _____.

Intelligence and Achievement

_____ are used to determine an individual's IQ, which in turn is used to help make the decision regarding the most appropriate disability category for a student if the category includes IQ as a criterion.

Intelligence tests

One way to clarify referral decision making is to initiate _____.

Prereferral Assessment

is a program, designed from the prereferral assessment information, that is implemented before a formal referral is made.

Prereferral Intervention

Norm-referenced test

Provides an indication of how much a student knows in comparison to others

According to Martin et al. (2006), identify the individuals who get the most time to talk during individualized education program meetings. Multiple choice question.

Special education teachers

Identify a problem associated with disability labels.

Students who are given different labels might have similar characteristics.

Which of the following is a concern regarding the use of labels to describe individuals?

Students who are given the same label might have differing characteristics.

The identification of a sequential list of objectives within a skill area is known as

Task Analysis

An accurate statement about disability labels is that students with the same label

can have differing range of disability

The prereferral process is undertaken when _____.

determine whether changes in the student's current educational program will successfully address the student's problem

Unlike an individualized education program (IEP), a child's individualized family service plan (IFSP) _____.

encourages the delivery of services in natural environments

Tests that are usually standardized and provide an indication of how much a student knows in comparison to others are called _____.

norm-referenced tests