Exercise I

Directions: Encircle the letter that corresponds to the question given below.

1.) It is called the cornerstone of special education for any child and is critical to
the success of a child’s educational program.
a. IEP
b. CBM
c. IDEA
d. NCLB

2.) The foundation of special education rest with the guarantee that each
eligible student receives ________________________________ or FAPE.
a. Free and Appropriate Private Education
b. Free and Appropriate Public Education
c. Free and Adequate Private Education
d. Free and Adequate Public Education

3.) What are the three levels of achievement for the Components of the
Standard-Driven Reform under Assessments?
a. Fair, Good and Excellent
b. Basic, Proficient and Advance
c. Intermediate, Advance and Expert
d. Adequate, Proficient and Polished

4.) State Assessment often referred to as _______________________________ .

a. Large-Scale Assessment
b. Sypnotic Assessment
c. Dynamic-Scale Assessment
d. Multiple-Choice Assessment

5.) There are three critical components of Standard-Driven Reform; Assessment,

Accountability and ________________________.
a. Accuracy
b. Altruistic
c. Significant
d. Standards
6.) The following are synopsis of what an IEP must include except one.
a. A statement of how the child’s progress toward meeting the IEP annual
goals will be measured and when periodic reports of the progress will be
provided.
b. An explanation of extent, if any, to which the child will not participate
with the children without disabilities in general education classes and
activities.
c. A statement of the child’s previous levels of academic and non-
academic achievements an functional performance.
d. Appropriate measurable postsecondary goals beginning at the age of
16 after.

7.) The _______________________ refers to what is taught, the subject matter, the
skills, knowledge and the applications.
a. Achievement Standards
b. Quality Standards
c. Content Standards
d. Academic Standards

8.) ESEA stands for ____________________________________________ .

a. Essentials for the Secondary Education Act
b. Elementary and Secondary Education Act
c. Enhancement of the Special Education Act
d. Elevation of Standard in Education Act

9.) It defines student performance that must be aligned with a state’s regular
academic content standards, promote access to the general education
curriculum, and reflect high or challenging standards.
a. Achievement standard
b. Quality standard
c. Alternate achievement standards
d. Content standard

10.) There are two primary ways that schools are held accountable for education
under NCLB; Through public reporting such as school report cards and
through _____________________________________________________________ .
a. a complicated process referred to as Adequate Yearly Progress or AYP.
b. annual report for teachers performance.
c. General and special educators report on the different challenges in
helping students goals.
d. Different classroom management strategies and instructional materials.
 Exercise II

Essay Writing. ( 5 points each)

1. Discuss the “The No Child Left Behind Act”.

2. Differentiate the impact of the three components of Standard-

Driven Reform in the teaching and learning process.

3. Explain why Individualized Education Program is said to be the

corner stone of special educational program?

4. State your personal suggestions on how teachers will be able to

ensure meaningful learnings to their students in spite the challenges
they face for special and general education.
 Exercise III

Direction: Encircle the correct answers to the given questions below.

1. It is through __________________ that the students are provided opportunity to

learn the intended content and achieve the standards. It is the “what and
How” of schooling.
a. Lesson Plan
b. Curriculum
c. Subject
d. Assessment

2. The _______________________ is the time a district, school, or teacher provides for

instruction.
a. Allowance
b. Whole-part sequencing
c. Sequence
d. Allocated Time

3.) This sequencing strategy presents general information first and then introduces
more specific information.
a. Just-in-Time Sequencing
b. Whole-to-Part Sequencing
c. Thematic Sequencing
d. Task Analytic Sequencing

4.) There are general types of information that can be found in a curriculum these
are; facts, concepts, principle and _________________________ .
a. statements
b. context
c. procedure
d. purpose

5.) It is the official or adopted curriculum, often contained in state or district policy.
a. The Intended Curriculum
b. The Taught Curriculum
c. The Learned Curriculum
d. The Standard Curriculum
6.) Curriculum serves as a map for teachers, there are two things teacher must
consider in using curriculum these are; immediacy and ____________________ .
a. Indicators
b. Indirect measures
c. Stimuli
d. Specificity

7.) When the scope of the curriculum is too wide to squeeze too much information
into the curriculum, there are two common problems associated with
prioritizing curriculum; overload and ____________________ .
a. omission
b. overlapping
c. overaccentuated
d. obfuscate

8.) The ____________ curriculum is what students actually learn of being in the
classroom and interacting with other curriculum, in which also includes the skills
and knowledge that generally associate with school learning.

a. Taught Curriculum
b. Intended Curriculum
c. Learned Curriculum
d. Traditional Curriculum

9.) This is a type of information found in the curriculum that are clusters of events,
dates, objects, places and so forth that shares a common set of defining
attributes or characteristics.
a. facts
b. concepts
c. principles
d. procedures

10.) There are three interrelated Core Elements of Curriculum that are given
below except one.
a. Curriculum has a purpose
b. Curriculum involves a domain
c. Curriculum involves time
d. Curriculum is intended to benefit group and individual students.
 Exercise IV

Essay Writing. ( 5 points each )

1. What do you think is the most appropriate curriculum sequence to be

followed? Why?

2. Discuss how can the core elements of the curriculum be linked to its
application in the teaching and learning process.

3. Construct a Venn Diagram that shows similarities and differences of the

multiple types of the curriculum.

4. Explain the significance of curriculum in education.