Academic Placement

What is Academic Placement?

• Matching students to the appropriate educational program or environment.

• The progress of the learner

• The evaluation of learners' skills and competency

• The educational place where the non-disabled learner belongs.

Do Special Education teachers need to evaluate and re-evaluate the IEP?

• Yes, because it's part of their job

• No, because it can only add confusion to the child and to his parents.

• Yes, because they need to monitor the progress and see to it that the goals are achieved

• No, because it's already done and cannot be change.

Which of the following is not an academic placement challenges?

• The efficiency of the team

• None of the above

• Individualization

• Money

Tick the applicable answers if it is one of the educational placement as discussed earlier.

• Basic or General Education

• Special class taught by a regular teachers

• Inclusion

• Special class in a special school

What is Least Restrictive Environment?

• LRE is the environment where the can't receive much socialization from other children

• It is the place where there is no teacher

• LRE means that learners with disabilities should spend as much time as possible with peers who do not receive special education

• LRE is a process of placing a child in appropriate educational setting

What is the first step in academic placement process?

• Placement decision

• Identifying learning issues

• Evaluation of IEP

• All of the above

During the process of educational placement, it is not important to consider the length of time that the child will allot in certain setting.

• True

• False

Placement decision is the first step in the process.

• True

• False

• Partly True

• Maybe

Placement decisions should serve the academic & social learning needs of the child.

• False

• True

The placement decision will be decided solely by the school head.

• True

• False