Multiple Choice Questions

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Creating Inclusive Classrooms: Effective,

Differentiated and Reflective Practices Eighth Edition Spencer J. Salend

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CHAPTER 1

Multiple Choice Questions

• A student with a disability attends only math class with students without disabilities. This is an example of:
• Inclusion
• Mainstreaming
• Reintegration
• All of the above

• What statement best describes “inclusion?”
• A philosophy that brings together diverse families, educators, and institutions to increase belongingness in

schools

• A mandate for all students that is supported by special education law
• A system that promotes academic success by grouping students with disabilities in special classrooms
• A program developed by special education teachers designed to improve their working conditions

3. Mainstreaming and inclusion are similar in that both:

• Require students to earn their way into general education
• Mean full-time placement in general education
• Share common goals
• All of the above

4. The Least Restrictive Environment concept:

• Means all students must be placed in general education
• Prevents students from being placed in segregated settings
• Prefers that students attend school as close as possible to their homes
• None of the above

• Which of the following is not a principle of inclusion?
• All learners have equal access
• All learners are treated the same
• Individual strengths and challenges and diversity
• Community and collaboration

• Which of the following sequences is consistent with the continuum of educational services from most to least

restrictive educational placements for students?

• Full-time special class, special school, residential school
• Full-time special class, part-time special class, general education class with

assistance

• Full-time special class, residential school, general education class with assistance
• All of the above

• The idea that the ratio of students with and without disabilities in society should mirror the proportion of

students with disabilities in a classroom is known as:

• the principle of overrepresentation
• the principle of natural proportions
• the principle of universal design for learning
• none of the above
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• Jamal leaves Mr. Thom’s general education classroom to receive individualized instruction in specific skills to

help him succeed in Mr. Thom’s class. This is an example of a student attending a:

• Self-contained special education classroom
• Resource room
• Alternative class
• None of the above

• Rosa, a student with a learning disability, spends all day in a general education classroom with a special

education consultant teacher for most of the day. On what level of the continuum for alternative placements, is Rosa receiving special education services?

• General education classroom placement with collaborative teacher assistance.
• General education classroom placement with itinerant specialist assistance.
• General education classroom placement with resource room assistance.
• Special education classroom placement with part time in the general education classroom.

• Ronald, an individual with a cognitive disability, participates in his community’s recreation programs. This is

an example of the:

• Least restrictive environment principle
• Deinstitutionalization principle
• Universal design principle
• Normalization principle

11. Abdul uses an app on an iPad to communicate with others. Abdul is using a:

• High-tech assistive device
• Low-tech assistive device
• Medium tech assistive device
• None of the above

• In which case did the Supreme Court establish the principle that separate but equal is not equal?
• Hobson v. Mississippi State School Board
• Brown v. Topeka Board of Education
• Diana v. California State Board of Education
• Irving Independent School District v. Tatro

• What group is over-represented in special education programs?
• African Americans
• Asian Americans
• Hispanic Americans
• Caucasian Americans

• A school district finds that a significant percentage of their Native American students are educated in special

education programs. This is an example of:

• Differential treatment
• Differential impact
• Disproportionate representation
• All of the above

• The Congressional act that mandates school districts to show that all students are achieving adequate yearly

progress on tests is the:

• No Child Left Behind Act
• High Standards for All Students Act
• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
• Holding Schools Accountable Act

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• Which of the following is NOT a standards-based education initiative?
• No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
• Race to the Top
• Common Core
• Americans with Disabilities Act

• Which of the following initiatives has a strong emphasis on developing critical thinking, problem solving and

content knowledge so that students can read and comprehend text, communicate effectively, and understand mathematical concepts?

• No Child Left Behind Act
• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
• Common Core
• Race to the Top

• Included in the reauthorization of IDEA in 1990 is the concept of person first language to refer to people with

disabilities. Which of the following terms is NOT an example of person first language?

• Individuals with disabilities
• Students with learning disabilities
• Persons with an intellectual disability
• Disabled people

• Which Congressional act is designed to integrate individuals with disabilities into the social and economic

mainstream of society?

• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Individuals with Disabilities Educational Improvement Act
• Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
• Individuals with Disabilities Inclusion Act

• Which of the following groups of individuals is eligible to receive services under Section 504 of the

Rehabilitation Act?

• Individuals over 21
• Individuals with have learning difficulties but not severe enough to warrant a classification under IDEA
• Individuals with long term health conditions
• All of the above

• Which statement about the research on the impact of inclusion on students with disabilities is true?
• Inclusion programs can benefit students with disabilities when they receive appropriate curricular and

instructional strategies in the general education environment.

• Some inclusion research indicates that students with disabilities are not receiving necessary differentiated

instruction in their general education classrooms.

• Inclusion programs may impact elementary and secondary students in different ways
• All of the above

• Which statement about the research on the benefits of inclusion for students without disabilities is true?
• Placement in an inclusive classroom does not interfere with their academic performance
• Students without disabilities have predominantly positive views of inclusion
• Students without disabilities appear to be more accepting of others
• All of the above

• Which statement is true about the research on the attitudes of general educators toward inclusion?
• General educators tend to support inclusion when it requires them to make minimal accommodations
• General educators are satisfied with inclusion programs
• There are no differences in attitudes towards inclusion for educators at the elementary and secondary level
• All of the above
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