Chapter 2

Question 1

Public Law 94-142

Answer 1

Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975; Guarantees the right to FAPE in the Least Restrictive Environment;Renamed IDEA in 1990.

Question 2

Compliance

Answer 2

Operating within the federal regulations.

Question 3

IDEA 2004

Answer 3

Law that reauthorized and improved the 1997 IDEA.

Question 4

Due Process

Answer 4

The right to a hearing to settle disputes; a protection for children with disabilities and their families.

Question 5

Initial Evaluation

Answer 5

A comprehensive evaluation that must be conducted before a student receives special education services.

Question 6

Comprehensive Educational Evaluation

Answer 6

A complete assessment in all areas of suspected disability.

Question 7

Informed Consent

Answer 7

Parents are informed of rights in their native language and agree in writing to procedures for the child; consent may be revoked at any time.

Question 8

Surrogate Parent

Answer 8

Person appointed by the court system to be legally responsible for a child’s education.

Question 9

Consent Forms

Answer 9

Written permission form that grants permission for evaluation or placement.

Question 10

Parents Right’s Booklets

Answer 10

Used to convey rights and procedural safeguards to parents.

Question 11

Nondiscriminatory Assessment

Answer 11

Fair and objective testing practices for students from all cultural and linguistic backgrounds.

Question 12

IDEA Regulations

Answer 12

Governing document that explains IDEA in operational terms.

Question 13

Special Education Services

Answer 13

Services not provided by regular education but necessary to enable an individual with disabilities to achieve in school.

Question 14

Related Services

Answer 14

Services related to special education but not part of the educational setting, such as transportation and therapies.

Question 15

Grade-Level Scores

Answer 15

Grade scores assigned to a mean raw score of a group during the norming process or a grade score provided in statewide assessments.

Question 16

Age-Equivalent Scores

Answer 16

Age score assigned to a mean raw score of a group during the norming process or an age score provided in statewide assessments.

Question 17

Standard Scores

Answer 17

Scores calculated during the norming process of a test that follow normal distribution theory.

Question 18

Annual Goals

Answer 18

Long term goals for educational interventions.

Question 19

Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)

Answer 19

The educational environment determined to be most like that of a typically developing students.

Question 20

Transition Services

Answer 20

Services designed to help students make the transitions from high school to the postsecondary education or work environment.

Question 21

Procedural Safeguards

Answer 21

Provisions of IDEA designed to protect students and parents in the special education process.

Question 22

Mediation

Answer 22

Process of settling a dispute between parents and schools without a full third-party hearing.

Question 23

Independent Educational Evaluation

Answer 23

Comprehensive evaluation provided by a qualified independent evaluation.

Question 24

Impartial Due Process Hearing

Answer 24

A hearing by an impartial officer that is held to resolve differences between a school and parents of a student with disabilities.

Question 25

Impartial Hearing Officer

Answer 25

Person qualified to hear disputes between schools and parents;this person is not an employee of the local education agency (LEA).

Question 26

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

Answer 26

A civil rights law that includes protection from discrimination and that provides for reasonable accommodations.

Question 27

Minority Overrepresentation

Answer 27

When the percentage of a culturally different group is greater in special education than in the local education agency (LEA).

Question 28

Stay-Put Provision

Answer 28

While the school and parents are involved with the due process and hearing procedures, the student remains in the classroom setting in which she or he was placed before the complaint was filed.