EDC Professional Ethics & Standards 2

Question 1

A diagnostician discovers that a previous evaluation for a student contained significant scoring errors. What is the ethical obligation?

Accepted Answer

Disclose the errors to the team and conduct a re-evaluation if needed

Answer

Ethical standards require diagnosticians to disclose errors that may have impacted educational decisions and take corrective action.

Question 2

Which principle best describes the duty to protect a student's assessment data from unauthorized disclosure?

Accepted Answer

Confidentiality

Answer

Confidentiality is the ethical principle that governs the protection of student records and assessment data from unauthorized parties.

Question 3

A diagnostician is asked to evaluate a student whose parent is a close personal friend. The most ethical course of action is to:

Accepted Answer

Disclose the relationship and recuse if objectivity is compromised

Answer

Personal relationships create potential conflicts of interest, and the diagnostician must disclose the relationship and step aside if impartiality cannot be ensured.

Question 4

Under IDEA, when must parental consent be obtained in the evaluation process?

Accepted Answer

Before conducting the initial evaluation and before each reevaluation

Answer

IDEA requires written parental consent before the initial evaluation and before conducting any reevaluation of the student.

Question 5

A school district pressures a diagnostician to qualify a student for services based on budget considerations rather than evaluation data. The diagnostician should:

Accepted Answer

Refuse and report the pressure through appropriate channels

Answer

Diagnosticians must base eligibility decisions solely on evaluation data; external pressure to alter findings is an ethical violation that should be reported.

(EDC) Online Educational Diagnostician Certification Practice Test

(EDC) Online Educational Diagnostician Certification Practice Test

EDC Professional Ethics & Standards 2