Week 1 Review
What does FAPE stand for?
Free Appropriate Public Education
Common Core is a test... True or false?
False.
All students that receive Massachusetts funds are required to participate in assessment, regardless of disability. True or false?
True
Students under the umbrella of deaf and blind have no hearing and vision. True or false?
False.
What law created school choice?
No Child Left Behind.
Common Core standards are intended to set kids up for success in college, career and _____.
Life.
What is the Massachusetts standardized test?
MCAS
Programs for deaf children are often inappropriate for visually impaired children because they rely heavily on ____.
What is the difference between an accommodation and a modification?
An accommodation changes the way a student can access the information where a modification changes the content and learning goal for the student.
How many states currently use Common Core (not including the District of Columbia)?
41
What are the 3 areas students are assessed in?
English language arts/literacy, math, science and technology.
IQ scores of 20-25 and below typically result in the classification of:
What did IDEA create?
Mediation to resolve differences and is used when there is a refusal to sign an IEP as well as assistance for bilingual children.
For grades 8-12 the standards exist in _____ and _____.
English language arts/literacy and math.
When a student takes MCAS-ALT what does the teacher have to make?
List 3 learning and behavioral characteristics are frequently observed in students with severe disabilities
What law gives students and their families the right to due process in special education cases?
Educational Amendments Act (1974)
Name 2 major groups that help create Common Core.
The National Association of Education (NEA), American Federation of Teachers (AFT), National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), and National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE).
The MCAS-Alt consists of data collected over most of the school year, based on in-class instruction. What does the assessment include?
a skills survey, data chart, and student work samples.