Assessment in Special Education Test Bank
Course Introduction
Assessment in Special Education explores the principles, methods, and tools used to evaluate the strengths and needs of students with disabilities. The course covers both formal and informal assessment techniques, including standardized tests, observational strategies, curriculum-based measurement, and dynamic assessment. Emphasis is placed on understanding assessment data to inform individualized education program (IEP) development, instructional planning, and progress monitoring. Ethical considerations, collaboration with families and professionals, and current legal requirements surrounding special education assessment are also integrated. Students will gain practical experience in selecting, administering, interpreting, and communicating assessment results to support effective interventions for diverse learners.
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Exceptional Learners An Introduction to Special Education 12th Edition by Daniel P. Hallahan
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Chapter 1: Exceptionality and Special Education
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Q1) Public schools may choose not to provide education for some children with disabilities.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) According to national prevalence estimates, how many exceptional students would we expect to find in a school of 100 students?
A)1
B)5
C)10
D)20
Answer: C
Q3) Because of the widely accepted theory of normal development, quite a few definite statements can be made about exceptional learners.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Current Practices for Meeting the Needs of
Exceptional Learners
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Q1) Assessments that compare a student's performance with that of other students are A)outcome measures.
B)standardized assessments.
C)progress monitoring assessments.
D)measures of student achievement.
Answer: C
Q2) The special education intervention that requires the least specialized environment is
A)consultation by a special educator.
B)instruction by an itinerant teacher.
C)instruction in a resource room.
D)instruction by a regular classroom teacher.
Answer: D
Q3) Educational services and placement for exceptional students depends on A)student characteristics and community resources.
B)teacher attitudes and student preferences.
C)both student and parental preferences.
D)the category of exceptionality and parental preferences.
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Multicultural and Bilingual Aspects of Special Education
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Q1) Assuming that a cultural identity is sufficient to explain academic achievement or economic success is a form of A)racism.
B)ethnicity.
C)cultural relativism.
D)stereotyping.
Answer: D
Q2) A culture that is associated with or part of a larger culture, but which is not necessarily small, is a A)subculture.
B)macroculture.
C)microculture.
D)substandard.
Answer: A
Q3) Adolescents of color are more likely to be identified with disruptive behavior disorders than their Caucasian peers.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Parent and Families
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Q1) The Turnbulls' family systems theory suggests that families sometimes prefer passive involvement in educational decision-making because they
A)do not value education for their children.
B)are neglectful.
C)need to attend to other functions.
D)have little to contribute.
Q2) The prevalence of feelings of guilt is probably due to
A)the fact that the cause of so many disabilities is unknown.
B)parents' knowledge that they caused their child's disability.
C)strangers' stares and comments.
D)the lack of support for families of disabled children.
Q3) A traveling notebook
A)allows different professionals to communicate with parents.
B)requires a good deal of preparation.
C)is a formal method of communication.
D)should remain in school at all times so that the professionals who work with a child will have access to it when they need it.
Q4) Describe the family systems approach to intervention, including its four interrelated concepts.
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Chapter 5: Learners With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
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Q1) Pointing to an item while telling a student to pick it up is an example of A)verbal prompt.
B)gestural prompt.
C)modeling.
D)physical prompt.
Q2) The most common know hereditary cause of intellectual disabilities is Fragile X syndrome.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The purpose of early intervention programs for children at risk for mild intellectual disabilities is
A)improving parents' teaching skills.
B)preventing intellectual disabilities or furthering development of children who have intellectual disabilities.
C)improving family financial status through job training for parents.
D)improving the quality of the children's medical care.
Q4) Describe what is meant by the phrase, "intellectual disability is a socially constructed condition."
Q5) Identify and describe three environmental causes of intellectual disabilities.
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Chapter 6: Learners With Learning Disabilities
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Q1) The vast majority of children with learning disabilities develop social-emotional problems.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The most common placement for students with learning disabilities is A)self-contained special classes.
B)special schools.
C)resource room.
D)general education classroom.
Q3) Describe two reasons why defining learning disabilities has been so problematic.
Q4) The most commonly used definition of learning disabilities is that endorsed by A)AAIDD.
B)NJCLD.
C)LDA.
D)the federal government.
Q5) Each of the following is an element of the NJCLD definition EXCEPT
A)Learning disabilities are due to central nervous system dysfunction.
B)Learning disabilities are a lifelong condition.
C)Spelling is a specific manifestation of learning disabilities.
D)Learning disabilities can occur concurrently with mental retardation.
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Chapter 7: Learners With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder
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Q1) Recent research shows that there is evidence of a neurological basis for ADHD. A)True
B)False
Q2) The majority of people with ADHD experience significant problems in peer relations.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The basal ganglia and cerebellum are responsible for
A)regulating one's own behavior.
B)executive functioning.
C)coordination and control of motor behavior.
D)communication between the hemispheres of the brain.
Q4) According to most authorities, what is the estimate for the percentage of school-age children with ADHD?
A)1-3%
B)5-8%
C)8-10%
D)3-7%
Q5) Write one descriptive sentence for three psychological and behavioral characteristics of people with ADHD described in the text.
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Chapter 8: Learners With Emotional or Behavioral Disorders
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Q1) On standardized achievement tests, most students with E/BD perform
A)at grade level.
B)above grade level.
C)at mental age level.
D)below grade level.
Q2) Each of the following is a reason why early, comprehensive, intense, and sustained intervention is so rare EXCEPT
A)worry about labeling and stigma.
B)familiarity with the early signs of problems.
C)optimism about a child's development (i.e., "he'll grow out of it").
D)lack of resources for any but the most severe cases.
Q3) Comorbidity in persons with E/BD is
A)not unusual.
B)very unusual.
C)rare.
D)part of the diagnosis.
Q4) A student with disabilities cannot be expelled from school.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What procedures are used to identify students with E/BD?
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Chapter 9: Learners With Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Q1) Neurological research that involves the brain and head size of people with autism strongly suggests that for many
A)their brains are larger than average at birth.
B)their brains increase in size after about age five years.
C)their brains grow suddenly and excessively in the first two years of life.
D)their brains reach maximum size around age two or three years.
Q2) Describe how you could use a system like the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)to improve the functional communication of a person with autism.
Q3) Asperger identified children who had
A)average intelligence but channeled their intellectual pursuits into obsessive preoccupation in narrow areas.
B)above average intelligence but channeled their intellectual pursuits into obsessive preoccupation in narrow areas.
C)below average intelligence but remarkable ability in a particular area.
D)below average intelligence and a tendency toward violent, psychotic behavior.
Q4) What is the early intensive behavioral interventions (EIBI)program, and why are professionals cautious about recommending it?
Q5) Why has autism been "fertile ground for faddish and unproven treatment methods?"
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Chapter 10: Learners With Communication Disorders
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Q1) Which condition reduces the effectiveness of strategy training for adolescents with speech and language disorders?
A)use of natural group settings
B)emphasis on vocational goals
C)poor reading skills
D)involvement of peers
Q2) Many of the academic and social difficulties of adolescents and adults are now attributed to basic language disorders.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The most common fluency disorder is
A)stuttering.
B)acquired aphasia.
C)echolalia.
D)dysarthria.
Q4) Most cases of childhood stuttering are resolved by adulthood.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Explain why communication does not require speech.
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Chapter 11: Learners Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
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Q1) Children who are deaf who have parents who are deaf have higher reading achievement than those who have hearing parents.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Intellectual development is dependent on the acquisition of spoken language.
A)True
B)False
Q3) According to the U.S. Department of Education, what percentage of students are identified as deaf or hard of hearing?
A)14%
B)0)14%
C)1)4%
D)0)014%
Q4) The auditory-verbal approach encourages children with hearing impairment to A)depend on their peers for sound cues.
B)use their residual hearing.
C)learn sign language as quickly as possible.
D)focus on visual cues.
Q5) Describe four factors that demarcate the Deaf community as a true culture.
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Chapter 12: Learners With Blindness or Low Vision
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Q1) Professionals who work in early intervention programs for infants who are blind often recommend that initial efforts focus on
A)feeding skills.
B)mobility skills.
C)parents' feelings.
D)social development.
Q2) Which mobility aid is most often recommended by professionals?
A)the long cane
B)a guide dog
C)tactile maps
D)human guides
Q3) People who are blind have an extra sense that enables them to detect obstacles.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which skills should be the focus of assessment for students with visual impairments, and how should those skills be assessed?
Q5) Describe two behavioral, two appearance, and two complaint signs that might indicate a student has a vision problem.
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Chapter 13: Learners With Low-Incidence, Multiple, and
Severe Disabilities
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Q1) Each of the following is a feature of definitions of TBI EXCEPT
A)injury to the brain can be caused by a degenerative or congenital condition.
B)injury to the brain is caused by an external force.
C)there is a diminished or altered state of consciousness.
D)neurological or neurobehavioral dysfunction results from the injury.
Q2) The absence or closure of a body opening present at birth is A)atresia.
B)coloboma.
C)choanae.
D)occlusion.
Q3) Each of the following statements about self-stimulation is true EXCEPT
A)The type of self-stimulation among those with disabilities is what differentiates it from the norm.
B)It may take a wide variety of forms.
C)Nearly everyone engages in some form of self-stimulation.
D)Only the high rate, lack of subtlety, and social inappropriateness of disabling self-stimulation differentiates it from the norm.
Q4) Explain why traumatic brain injury (TBI)is sometimes considered "invisible" and a "silent epidemic."
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Chapter 14: Learners With Physical Disabilities and Other Health Impairments
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Q1) For children with most physical disabilities and other health impairments, a common cause of academic difficulties is
A)discrimination and prejudice.
B)erratic school attendance.
C)poor study skills.
D)inadequate motivation.
Q2) Which principles are most important to keep in mind when considering prosthetics and orthotics?
A)residual function, simplicity, reliability
B)age of person, length of limb, intelligence of person
C)residual function, length of limb, cost of device
D)residual function, simplicity, health of person
Q3) The intelligence of children with cerebral palsy is
A)almost always in the range of mental retardation.
B)clearly higher than the average for the general population.
C)nearly the same as for the general population.
D)difficult to assess due to difficulties in perception, movement, or response speed.
Q4) Describe the procedures to be followed when a child has a seizure.
Q5) Describe four ways that many physical disabilities could be prevented.
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Chapter 15: Learners With Special Gifts and Talents
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Q1) Additional experiences provided to students without placing them in a higher grade are known as
A)acceleration.
B)resource programs.
C)enrichment.
D)mentor programs.
Q2) Which of the following statements about giftedness is true?
A)It is not an inherent, immutable trait that a person necessarily carries for life.
B)Having a special gift at one thing tends to mean a person is good at most things.
C)Giftedness refers to superior abilities in one area that are exhibited under all circumstances.
D)Gifted is believed to be a remarkable ability to do something, whether it is valued by society or not.
Q3) Describe four ways that teachers can collaborate to serve students who are gifted.
Q4) What is meant by the statement "we should speak of people who exhibit gifted behavior, rather than of gifted people?"
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