{"id":4763,"date":"2011-03-10T10:00:53","date_gmt":"2011-03-10T14:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=4763"},"modified":"2011-03-09T19:11:44","modified_gmt":"2011-03-09T23:11:44","slug":"hows-your-special-ed-vocabulary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/hows-your-special-ed-vocabulary\/","title":{"rendered":"How&#8217;s Your Special Ed Vocabulary?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"How%27s%20Your%20Special%20Ed%20Vocabulary%3F%20\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 3px; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/nltr\/img\/dictionary.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"107\" \/><\/strong><\/span>Submit your answers by email to vocab @ wrightslaw.com. You will receive an email with the correct answers. Good luck!<\/p>\n<p>(You will need to copy and paste &#8220;vocab @ wrightslaw.com&#8221; into your email send address box and then remove the space before and after the @ sign.)<\/p>\n<p>1. ________Disability category under IDEA; includes disorders that affect the ability to understand or use spoken or written language; may manifest in difficulties with listening, thinking, speaking, reading, writing, spelling, and doing mathematical calculations; includes minimal brain dysfunction, dyslexia, and developmental aphasia.<\/p>\n<p>2. ________ Usually means<!--more--> an alternative to a paper and pencil test; refers to non-conventional methods of assessing achievement (e.g., work samples and portfolios).<\/p>\n<p>3. ________ A distribution of scores used to scale a test. 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