Chapter 4: The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Test Questions
True or False
1. When originally signed, Part B of the EAHCA (P.L. 94-142) offered federal funding to states
in exchange for the states offering educational services to specified categories of students
with disabilities.
2. Students who meet the states definition of a student with disabilities receive the procedural
protections of IDEA.
3. The infants and toddlers program within IDEA requires that the state educational agency
assume overall responsibility for the early intervention programs.
4. If funds provided to states are spent improperly, states may be forced to repay.
5. States are required to provide special education services to persons with disabilities in adult
prisons even if they were not identified as IDEA-eligible prior to their incarceration.
6. States are required to include children with disabilities attending private schools when
identify, locating, and evaluating students with disabilities, from birth to age 21, residing in
the state that are in need of special education and related services.
7. IDEA 2004 does not allow states to require school districts to use a discrepancy formula to
determine eligibility in the category of learning disability.
8. According to IDEA 2004, school districts cannot use a discrepancy formula to determine
eligibility in the category of learning disability.
9. An IEP is a legally constituted mechanism for committing a school to provide a special
education, and a teacher can be held legally accountable if the student does not reach the
goals listed on the IEP.
10. The Office of Special Education Programs in the U.S. Department of Education issues policy
statements to assist states and school district’s to understand their responsibilities under the
IDEA.
Multiple Choice
1. Which agency is responsible for approving states’ special education plans and releasing
IDEA funds accordingly?
a. Federal Disabilities Commission.
b. Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
c. Each applicant state’s Department of Education.
d. The Council for Exceptional Children.
2. To identify students with learning disabilities, IDEA 2004 encourages school districts to use
process to determine whether a student responds to
a. standardized achievement tests.
b. intelligence tests.
c. curriculum based interventions.
d. research based interventions.
3. The IDEA reauthorizations in 1997 and 2004 were different from the original EAHCA
because increased emphasis was put on the statement of goals in the IEP that required that
the IEP must
a. use person first language
b. accurately measure and report student progress.
c. clearly describe how the goals will be met.
d. Both b and c.
4. If a student is placed out of the school district by his or her home school district, the
___________ assumes financial responsibility for the education of the student.
a. home district
b. federal government
c. state containing the district
d. school district in which the student is newly placed
5. The IDEA does not require that states provide special education services to students labeled
a. seriously emotionally disturbed.
b. gifted and talented.
c. learning disabled.
d. autistic
6. The primary purpose of involving parents in the IEP process is to
a. ensure an opportunity to provide input regarding the development of the IEP.
b. ensure that the school informs them about the services their child will receive.
c. to assess the strength of the family system and to judge the adequacy of the home
environment.
d. to minimize the likelihood that parents will file a complaint regarding their child’s
special education.
7.
The primary vehicle or mechanism for providing a free appropriate public education is the
a. procedural requirements of the IDEA.
b. IEP requirement of the IDEA.
c. the related services requirement of the IDEA.
d. the least restrictive environment requirement of the IDEA.
8. Until 1990 the IDEA was known as the
a. Education of the Handicapped Amendments.
b. Education of All Handicapped Children Act.
c. Handicapped Children’s Protection Act.
d. Improving America’s Schools Act.
9. A primary purpose of Part B of the IDEA is to
a. Justify the law and define terms used in the law.
b. Delineate the educational requirements of the law.
c. Extend the protections of the law to infants and toddlers with disabilities.
d. Fund activities that support the education of students with disabilities (e.g.,
teacher training programs, research).
10. A primary purpose of Part D of the IDEA is to
a. Justify the law and define terms used in the law.
b. Delineate the educational requirements of the law.
c. Extend the protections of the law to infants and toddlers with disabilities.
d. Fund activities that support the education of students with disabilities (e.g.,
teacher training programs, research).
1.
What is the child find requirement, and what does it mean that it is an affirmative duty?
2. Describe the age requirements of students served by the IDEA.
3. What are the differences between “assistive technology devices,” and “assistive technology
services?”
4. Describe a manifestation determination. What is the purpose of the determination?
5. In what two ways did Congress attempt to reduce litigation in special education when it
enacted IDEA 2004?
6. What is reauthorization, and how does it apply to the IDEA?
7. Briefly describe the funding mechanism of the IDEA.
8. Briefly describe the enforcement mechanism of the IDEA.
9. Describe the National Research Center in Special Education. Where is it housed? What are
its major purposes?
10. IDEA 2004 defined a highly qualified special education teacher according to the standards
developed in NCLB. List and briefly explain the three requirements that a highly qualified
special education teacher must meet.
Essay
1. Explain the major changes made to the IEP in the 2004 reauthorization.
2. Describe the four major parts of the IDEA and their purposes.
3. Explain the major principles of Part B of the IDEA.
4. Briefly trace the development of the IDEA (then the EAHCA) to the initial passage of the
law.
Chapter 4: The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
True or False
Multiple Choice