True or False: As recently as 1958 states continued to enact statutes that authorized school officials to exclude students with disabilities. -
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True or False: The history of special education can fairly be characterized as a movement from access to quality and accountability. - answerTrue
True or False: According to the President's commission on Excellence, scientifically based programming would mean that special educators would only use instructional strategies and methods that were based on solid evidence. - answerTrue
True or False: Students with disabilities were included in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act accountability provisions. - answerTrue
True or False: The primary purpose of Section 504 was to provide funding to states that prohibited discrimination against persons with disabilities. - answerFalse
True or False: Even though compulsory attendance laws had been passed by the early 1900's, states continued to enact statutes authorizing school officials to exclude students with disabilities. - answerTrue
True or False: The Education of Handicapped Children Act was the first federal civil rights law to protect persons with disabilities. - answerFalse
True or False: Section 504 and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act only serve persons with disabilities between the ages of three to 21. - answerFalse
True or False: Section 504 prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilities in any public or private institution. - answerFalse
True or False: No Child Left Behind dramatically increased the role of the federal government in education. - answerTrue
It was primarily by the efforts of ______________ that educational rights children with disabilities were recognized and eventually mandated. - answerParents
The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is an organization that is a major force in: - answerPolicy making and lobbying efforts
Though its most direct effect was the tremendous impact on societal rights for minorities, the _______________ decision provided impetus for subsequent legislation and litigation granting students with disabilities the right to a free appropriate public education. - answerBrown v. Board of Education [Show Less]