TEXES SPECIAL EDUCATION EC-12 (161)
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION EXAMS 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Six IDEA Principles: Nondiscriminatory Evaluation. Answer: 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. Answer: 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. Answer: 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. Answer: 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.
Answer: 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. Answer: 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). Answer: highlighted textbooks,
extensions of time for a student who writes slowly, seating close to the
teacher, assistive technology
◉ Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). Answer: 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. Answer: 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
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION EXAMS 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Six IDEA Principles: Nondiscriminatory Evaluation. Answer: 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. Answer: 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. Answer: 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. Answer: 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.
Answer: 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. Answer: 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). Answer: highlighted textbooks,
extensions of time for a student who writes slowly, seating close to the
teacher, assistive technology
◉ Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). Answer: 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. Answer: 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
