FOUN 3000 EXAM 4 :):):)

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of individuals in the United States with some type of disability is...

57 million

The state that tops the nation in overall well-being, as determined by life evaluation, emotional health, work environment, physical health, healthy behaviors, and access to basic necessities is

Hawaii

An instructional process in which English language acquisition is structured so that nearly all instruction is in English is

sheltered english immersion

The percentage of U.S. students that receive special education services is...

8.5/10%

The number of students who are labeled gifted and talented is...

3.2 million

Students with very high intelligence or such unusual gifts and talents in the arts that they require special educational programming to reach their full potential are...

gifted and talented

Students with mental retardation are classified as having...

intellectual disabilities

Categorizing students according to disability is...

labeling

The published opinions of judges, which interpret statutes, regulations, and constitutional provisions is...

case law

The case in which the U.S. Supreme Court found that if a state undertakes the provision of free education for its citizenry, the property right of an education is established in...

Brown vs. Board of Education

The case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that all children ages 6 to 21 were to be provided a free public education is...

PARC vs. the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

The case in which the U.S. Supreme Court mandated that the District of Columbia schools provide publicly supported education to all children with disabilities is...

Mills vs. Board of Education

The legislation that requires reasonable accommodations for those with disabilities and prohibits the denial of participation in any program receiving federal funds solely on the basis of one's disability is...

Section 504 of Public Law 93-112

The comprehensive legislation signed into law in 1975 that guaranteed all children ages 3-21 with disabilities a free and appropriate education in the least restrictive environment is...

Public Law 94-142

A written program required for all children with disabilities under IDEA is an...

individualized education program (IEP)

The legislation passed in 1990 which was designed to end discrimination against individuals with disabilities in private-sector employment, public services, public accommodations, transportation, and telecommunications is...

Americans with Disabilities Act

The Individuals with Disabilities Act Amendments (PL 101-476) added services for students with...

autism

A needs assessment for moving children from student status to adulthood is a...

transition plan

The multi-tiered approach to meeting the needs of children that aims to provide intervention to students who are not achieving at comparable rates with their peers is...

response to intervention

Under PL-94-142 Congress set a goal to fund the mandate at 40% of the cost to educate children with disabilities. As of 2009 the actual funding level is at...

about 16% of the original goal

The first case related to "an appropriate education" for a student with a disability to reach the U.S. Supreme Court was...

Hendrick Hudson School District vs. Rowley

The group that is most likely to form their own cultural group is those with...

visual impairments

The organization whose membership prerequisite is a high score on an intelligence test is...

Mensa

The representation os a group in a category that exceeds expectations or differs dramatically from the representation of others is...

disproportionality

All of the following are major problems with overrepresentation of minority students except...

lack of legislation to support students

The group that has historically been greatly overrepresented in classes for students with intellectual disabilities and serious emotional disturbances is...

African American students

All of the following are greatly underrepresented in classes for the gifted and talented except...

white students

The method of reporting data that compares the percentage of a group in a program with the percentage that group represents in the population is...

composition index

The method of reporting data that measures the percentage of a group in a program compared to the percentages of other groups is...

risk index

The percentage of students identified as intellectually disables who are African American is...

33%

The percentage of all African American students that are placed in classes for students with intellectual disabilities is...

2.6%

Children born preterm (those under normal gestation and less than 5 lb 8 oz) may be at risk of developing...

cognitive and sensory disabilities

Assessments that favor one group over another are...

biased assessments

The legislation that requires all language minority students to be educated in sheltered English immersion programs is...

Proposition 227

An instructional process in which English language acquisition is structured so that nearly all instruction is in English is...

sheltered English immersion

According to Maslow's theory, reaching one's full potential is...

self-actualization

Making available to all persons with disabilities or other handicaps, patterns of life and conditions of everyday living which are as close as possible to or indeed the same as regular circumstances and ways of life of society is...

normalization

Giving vase to individuals with mental retardation is...

social role varlorization

The English spoken by a particular group of individuals in a community that is typically the professional educated middle class with the highest degree of influence and prestige is...

Standard English

A creole of English with words and phrases from Hawaiian, Chinese, Japanese, etc is...

Pidgin English

A system of vocal sounds and/or nonverbal systems by which group members communicate with one another is...

language

Variations of a language usually determined by a region or social class is...

dialect

Dialect of the same language that is not considered standard is...

nonstandard dialect

A vernacular or dialect of many African Americans is...

ebonics

The informal or conversational speech in a community is...

colloquialisms

The number of identified languages spoken in the world is about....

7,000

The number of identified languages spoken in the United States is...

381

The secretive vocabulary of a co-culture group is...

argot

Groups of people who exist and function apart from the dominant culture are...

co-cultures

The ability to speak two languages is...

bilingualism

The ability to speak only one language is...

monolingualism

The process that occurs when a second language replaces the first is...

subtractive bilingualism

The process that occurs when two languages are of equal value and neither dominates the other is...

additive bilingualism

The way an individual pronounces words is...

accent

The dialect that is spoken more than any other in the United States is...

Southern dialect

The ability to speak in two or more dialects is...

bidialectism

The language considered proper in a community is...

informal standard

The acceptable written language that is typically found in grammar books is...

formal standard

A natural language that has been developed and used by persons who are deaf is...

American Sign Language

A system that translates the English oral or written word into a sign is...

signed English

The process of communication that occurs without words is...

nonverbal communication

Students who have limited or no English skills and who are in the process of learning English are...

English Language Learners

The state with the largest ELL enrollment is...

California (Los Angeles)

The school district with the largest ELL enrollment is...

Los Angeles Unified

The percentage of ELL students that are failing to make progress towards English language proficiency is...

25%

The graduation rate for ELL students is...

57/64%

Basic, everyday conversational skills, which English Language Learners can develop in approximately two years is...

basic interpersonal communications skills

The higher levels of proficiency requires in highly structured academic situations is...

cognitive academic language proficiency

A position supported by U.S. English, a citizen's action group, which is seeking to have English declared as the official language of the U.S. is...

Official English

As of 2010 English as the official language has meme adopted in the form of statutes and state constitutional amendments in...

31 states

By the year 2050, the percentage of U.S. residents that will be immigrants is...

16/20%

The use of two languages as the method of instruction, which accepts and develops native language in the instructional process is...

bilingual education

The legislation that stipulates that special language programs are necessary if schools are to provide an equal educational opportunity for all students is...

Lau vs. Nichols

Programs that emphasize bilingual education as a means of moving from the culture and language most commonly used for communication in the home to the mainstream of U.S. language and culture are...

transition programs

The study of places, cities, countries, mountain, deserts, rural areas, oceans, continents, and communities is...

geography

The study of the physical features of the earth such as the climate, soils, vegetation, water, and landforms is...

physical geography

All of the following are elements of human geography except...

physical landforms

Classism, racism, ethnicity, poverty, and language are all components of...

human geography

Three out of every four people currently live in the...

northern hemisphere

The largest country in the world in terms of population is...

China

A geographic area that includes a city with substantial population and adjacent communities that are economically connected to the city is...

metropolitan

The region with the highest percentage of Hispanic residents is...

West

The communities that surround a city and are home to many of the city's workers are...

suburbs

The result of European Americans, African Americans, and American Indians intermarrying and developing unique cultures, languages, and dialects is...

creolization

The least racially diverse area of the country is...

New England

The region with the highest percentage of African American residents is...

South

The region of the country that follows a mountain chain from New York down to Georgia is...

Appalachia

The region with the highest percentage of people in poverty is...

West/Southwest

The "breadbasket" of the nation, which produces enough grain to feed several nations, is...

Great Plains

The percentage of minorities that live in the western states is about...

47%

The percentage of U.S. residents that live in the western states is about...

20%

The state with the largest rural population in the country is...

Texas

The state with the largest population in the country is...

California

The state with the lowest average teacher salaries is...

South Dakota

The state with the highest average teacher salaries is...

New York

The state with the highest per capita student expenditures is...

New Jersey

In a recent study, all of the following states showed the highest rates of religiosity except...

Vermont

The region in which residents indicated the strongest belief in God is...

South

The largest concentration of Catholics is found in the...

Northeast

The largest concentration of Protestants is found in the...

South