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TEXES SPECIAL EDUCATION EC-12 (161) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS UPDATED
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TEXES SPECIAL EDUCATION EC-12 (161) QUESTIONSAND ANSWERS UPDATED 2024 - 2025
Six IDEA Principles: Zero Reject ANS - Rules against excluding any student
Six IDEA Principles: Nondiscriminatory Evaluation ANS - Rule requiring schools to evaluate students
fairly to determine if they have a disability, and if so, what kind and how extensive.
Six IDEA Principles: Appropriate Education/IEP ANS - A free, appropriate public education to all children
who have been identified as needing special education. Program must be tailored to the needs of the
student. Includes related services and supplementary aides and services if needed.
Six IDEA Principles: Lease Restrictive Environment ANS - When the Individualized Education Program
(IEP) is written, a determination is made regarding the amount of time each student with disabilities will
spend with nondisabled peers both in the classroom and al other school activities.
Six IDEA Principles: Procedural Due Process ANS - Provides safeguards against schools' actions, include
a right to sue in court, provisions are made for the settlement of disputes by an impartial third party.
Six IDEA Principles: Parents of children with disabilities participate ANS - Parents of children with
disabilities participate in the planning and decision making for their child's special education. Parents'
rights primarily involve access to students' educational records for inspection and review and the need
for parental consent to release personally identifiable information.
Accommodations ANS - Adjustments made in how a student with a disability is taught or tested. They
do not change what the student is taught or what he is expected to know.
Accommodations (examples) ANS - highlighted textbooks, extensions of time for a student who writes
slowly, seating close to the teacher, assistive technology
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) ANS - Under NCLB, all schools, school districts and states are required
to show progress in: reading/language arts, math, and either graduation rates or attendance rates.
There are consequences for failing to meet the criteria for two consecutive years.
, Adult Students ANS - Students age 18 and older are considered to be this, unless the student's parent
or other individual has been granted guardianship of the student under the Texas Probate Code
Alternative Education Programs (AEPs) ANS - Disciplinary programs operated by school districts for
students who have committed a range of offenses specified in state law and/or in the district's Student
Code of Conduct. Students with disabilities who are in these programs are still entitled to special
education services.
Disciplinary Alternative Education Program (DAEP) ANS - Operated by the school district.
Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program (JJAEP) ANS - Operated by the juvenile justice system.
Types of AEPs ANS - Alternative Education Program, Disciplinary Alternative Education Program,
Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program
Admission, Review and Dismissal Committee (ARD) ANS - In Texas, this is the name for the group made
up of a student's paretns and school staff that meets at least annually to decide whether or not the
student has an eligible disability and what special education and related services will be provided. Its
major responsibility is the development of the IEP for students receiving special education.
Assessment ANS - Tests given to all students in the state to evaluate learning. Most common in Texas is
the STAAR, previously known as TAKS. Students receiving special education take the same state and
district-wide ________ given to all students, unless their ARD committee determines a particular test is
not appropriate. In this situation, the ARD committee will determine whether the student will take
STAAR modified or alternate.
Assistive Technology ANS - Any item, piece of equipment or product used to increase, maintain or
improve the functioning of a student with a disability.
Types of Assistive Technology ANS - devices used for seating and positioning, mobility, augmentative
communication, computer access and instruction, environmental control, adaptive toys and games,
visual and listening aids, self-care.
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