SPEC 330 Final Exam Questions with Correct Answers Latest Update 2025/2026
How many disability categories does IDEA define and entitle students to special education
services (not including gifted) - Answers 13
What does LRE mean - Answers Least restrictive environment- Classroom/education placement
with as little restrictions as possible
What is th acronym for the document that outlines the program, including the curriculum,
services, etc,. the school will provide and what the student will learn to help increase their
identified areas of academic, social, emotional, and/or/ functional needs? - Answers IEP
What is the acronym for ensuring that all students with exceptionalities are provided the same
educational rights as every other student(s) without any associated costs? - Answers FAPE-Free,
appropriate, public education
What is the acronym for ensuring that all students with exceptionalities identification, services,
goals, and programming are only accessible to those people in building who are directly working
with them and not public knowledge - Answers FERPA
Which IDEA principle states the rights for parents and students throughout the entire referral,
education, and IEP implementation processes - Answers Procedural Due Processes
Which law or legal agreement ensured that IEP teams determine whether the goals in an IEP
can be implemented in the general education classroom with supplementary aids and services
before considering a more restrictive placement and was a landmark case in PA - Answers
Gaskin Settlement
Which IDEA principle evaluates whether a student has a disability and the nature of special
education and related serviced required - Answers Nondiscriminatory Evaluation
Which acronym stands for ensuring that a student is appropriately placed in the correct
classroom for their identified disability category? - Answers LRE
What is the acronym for the legal document parents sign to demonstrate agreement with the
suggested placement for their child within special and/or gifted education - Answers NOREP
After initial evaluation, how often do schools need to re-test students for the special education
qualification - Answers Every 3 years
Which IDEA principle states the school needs to provide benefit and demonstrate progress
towards the student's IEP goals/objectives by following the IDEA process - Answers Appropriate
Education
Which current law or legal agreement makes available a free appropriate public education to
eligible children with disabilities throughout the nation and ensures special education and
, related services to those children. It also governs the eligibility requirements for all states and
public agencies to determine who is eligible to receive special education services under the 13
identified categories? - Answers PL 105-17: Individual with Disabilities Education Act
Which law or legal agreement protects qualified individuals from discrimination based on their
disability and provides students with disabilities a free appropriate public education (FAPE, even
when they do not qualify for an IEP - Answers Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Which IDEA principle states the need to include all students - Answers Zero reject
What is the most restrictive placement continuum option for students with exceptionalities -
Answers Hospitals
Which law or legal agreement was the "first" to guarantee a free appropriate public education to
each child with a disability - Answers PL 94-142: The Education for All Handicapped Children Act
Once the signed permission to evaluate is received by the school, how many days does the
school have to complete the evaluation - Answers 60 calendar days
Once the evaluation is competed by the school and the student is found to have an
exceptionality, how many days does the school have to complete the IEP - Answers 30 calendar
days
Which acronym stands for the new term schools are ending to qualify students for services and
ensure more than one piece of data is used in the decision process for identification of an
exceptionality - Answers MFE
Ms. Ramirez teaching a 5h grade classroom.....which method of differentiation is Ms. Ramirez
using - Answers Content
This type of differentiation strategy offers students opportunities ti become an "expert" in one
component of an assigned task/topic and then work with other students while becoming
experts on a portion of the set learning skill(s) within a lesson. It concludes with a student
returning ti their first group to share what they learned in their expert groups - Answers Jigsaw
This mode of differentiation occurs during the guided tractive portion of a lesson - Answers
Process
This mode of differentiation occurs during the independent practice portion of a lesson -
Answers Product
What is an example of a high prep instructional strategy for differentiation - Answers Choice
Boards
Which differentiation "rule of thumb" states that, "students have to know the their teachers see
them, value them, and are active supporters of their success - Answers Building rapport
How many disability categories does IDEA define and entitle students to special education
services (not including gifted) - Answers 13
What does LRE mean - Answers Least restrictive environment- Classroom/education placement
with as little restrictions as possible
What is th acronym for the document that outlines the program, including the curriculum,
services, etc,. the school will provide and what the student will learn to help increase their
identified areas of academic, social, emotional, and/or/ functional needs? - Answers IEP
What is the acronym for ensuring that all students with exceptionalities are provided the same
educational rights as every other student(s) without any associated costs? - Answers FAPE-Free,
appropriate, public education
What is the acronym for ensuring that all students with exceptionalities identification, services,
goals, and programming are only accessible to those people in building who are directly working
with them and not public knowledge - Answers FERPA
Which IDEA principle states the rights for parents and students throughout the entire referral,
education, and IEP implementation processes - Answers Procedural Due Processes
Which law or legal agreement ensured that IEP teams determine whether the goals in an IEP
can be implemented in the general education classroom with supplementary aids and services
before considering a more restrictive placement and was a landmark case in PA - Answers
Gaskin Settlement
Which IDEA principle evaluates whether a student has a disability and the nature of special
education and related serviced required - Answers Nondiscriminatory Evaluation
Which acronym stands for ensuring that a student is appropriately placed in the correct
classroom for their identified disability category? - Answers LRE
What is the acronym for the legal document parents sign to demonstrate agreement with the
suggested placement for their child within special and/or gifted education - Answers NOREP
After initial evaluation, how often do schools need to re-test students for the special education
qualification - Answers Every 3 years
Which IDEA principle states the school needs to provide benefit and demonstrate progress
towards the student's IEP goals/objectives by following the IDEA process - Answers Appropriate
Education
Which current law or legal agreement makes available a free appropriate public education to
eligible children with disabilities throughout the nation and ensures special education and
, related services to those children. It also governs the eligibility requirements for all states and
public agencies to determine who is eligible to receive special education services under the 13
identified categories? - Answers PL 105-17: Individual with Disabilities Education Act
Which law or legal agreement protects qualified individuals from discrimination based on their
disability and provides students with disabilities a free appropriate public education (FAPE, even
when they do not qualify for an IEP - Answers Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Which IDEA principle states the need to include all students - Answers Zero reject
What is the most restrictive placement continuum option for students with exceptionalities -
Answers Hospitals
Which law or legal agreement was the "first" to guarantee a free appropriate public education to
each child with a disability - Answers PL 94-142: The Education for All Handicapped Children Act
Once the signed permission to evaluate is received by the school, how many days does the
school have to complete the evaluation - Answers 60 calendar days
Once the evaluation is competed by the school and the student is found to have an
exceptionality, how many days does the school have to complete the IEP - Answers 30 calendar
days
Which acronym stands for the new term schools are ending to qualify students for services and
ensure more than one piece of data is used in the decision process for identification of an
exceptionality - Answers MFE
Ms. Ramirez teaching a 5h grade classroom.....which method of differentiation is Ms. Ramirez
using - Answers Content
This type of differentiation strategy offers students opportunities ti become an "expert" in one
component of an assigned task/topic and then work with other students while becoming
experts on a portion of the set learning skill(s) within a lesson. It concludes with a student
returning ti their first group to share what they learned in their expert groups - Answers Jigsaw
This mode of differentiation occurs during the guided tractive portion of a lesson - Answers
Process
This mode of differentiation occurs during the independent practice portion of a lesson -
Answers Product
What is an example of a high prep instructional strategy for differentiation - Answers Choice
Boards
Which differentiation "rule of thumb" states that, "students have to know the their teachers see
them, value them, and are active supporters of their success - Answers Building rapport
