AI for School Psychologists: IEP Eligibility Drafts

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1. What federal law governs special education eligibility in the United States?

   1. FERPA — Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
   2. HIPAA — Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
   3. IDEA — Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
   4. ADA — Americans with Disabilities Act

2. What does FERPA protect, and why does it matter for AI use in school psychology?

   1. Teacher certification records; prevents AI from evaluating teacher performance
   2. Student educational records; prevents identifiable student data from being entered into non-FERPA-covered AI tools
   3. School funding records; prevents AI from analyzing budget data
   4. Parent employment records; prevents AI from accessing financial information

3. What is the appropriate workflow for using AI to draft an IEP eligibility narrative while maintaining FERPA compliance?

   1. Enter all student data including name, ID, and scores into the AI tool
   2. Use a FERPA-covered AI tool for full processing including student names
   3. De-identify scores before using AI to draft the narrative template, then add student-identifying information locally at finalization
   4. Have parents consent before entering any data into any AI tool

4. Which determination can AI assist with in IEP eligibility evaluations?

   1. Diagnosing the student's disability
   2. Determining IDEA eligibility
   3. Organizing assessment scores into standard reporting tables
   4. Making placement decisions

5. A school psychologist uses AI to draft a strengths-and-needs narrative for an eligibility report. What is their responsibility before finalizing?

   1. Submit the AI draft directly since it was trained on similar cases
   2. Review and revise the narrative to ensure it accurately reflects the clinical interpretation of this specific student
   3. Have the AI revise itself until no errors remain
   4. Have the student's teacher approve the AI narrative

6. What is the most important reason that parent input cannot be replaced by AI in IEP eligibility evaluations?

   1. Parents are not allowed to use AI tools
   2. IDEA explicitly requires parent participation as a procedural safeguard, and AI cannot conduct or represent parental input
   3. Parents would be offended by AI involvement
   4. Parent input is only relevant after eligibility is determined

7. What does 'de-identification' mean in the context of FERPA and AI use?

   1. Deleting all student records permanently
   2. Removing directly identifying information (name, student ID, etc.) from data before processing with AI
   3. Encrypting records with AI assistance
   4. Having a third party anonymize all school records

8. An AI tool flags that a required assessment domain appears to be missing from an evaluation summary. What should the school psychologist do?

   1. Ignore the AI flag since the psychologist has more experience
   2. Review the evaluation to determine whether the domain was assessed, and if not, whether additional assessment is needed
   3. Add a placeholder score to satisfy the AI's requirements
   4. Request that the AI generate the missing assessment data

9. Which professional has the authority to determine IDEA eligibility?

   1. The AI tool used for the assessment summary
   2. The school district's AI software platform
   3. The multidisciplinary evaluation team, including the qualified school psychologist
   4. The special education administrator alone

10. Why is AI useful for school psychologists who manage high caseloads?

    1. AI can conduct psychoeducational assessments independently
    2. AI reduces the need for parent meetings
    3. AI handles time-consuming structural documentation tasks, freeing psychologist time for clinical interpretation and assessment
    4. AI automatically files reports with the district

11. What is the danger of entering a student's full name and test scores into a non-FERPA-covered commercial AI tool?

    1. The AI may give incorrect scores
    2. It violates FERPA and may result in legal liability for the school district
    3. The AI will share the information on social media
    4. It slows down the AI tool

12. Which of these is the most accurate description of AI's role in school psychology?

    1. AI is replacing school psychologists in most districts
    2. AI handles administrative documentation tasks so psychologists can focus on clinical interpretation, assessment, and student and family relationships
    3. AI conducts psychoeducational assessments with oversight from psychologists
    4. AI makes eligibility recommendations that psychologists vote to accept or reject

13. A school district wants to use an AI tool to automatically generate IEP eligibility recommendations. What is the primary concern?

    1. The AI recommendations might be too conservative
    2. This violates IDEA's requirement for professional evaluation team judgment in eligibility determination
    3. AI eligibility recommendations would be too expensive
    4. AI cannot access assessment data

14. What does 'tabulating scores into standard sections' mean in IEP report writing, and how does AI help?

    1. AI creates the assessment scores from raw behavior observations
    2. AI organizes standardized test scores into the report's required sections (cognitive, academic, behavioral, etc.) saving formatting time
    3. AI selects which tests to administer
    4. AI interprets the clinical significance of each score

15. What is the most important career habit for a school psychologist using AI for documentation?

    1. Accepting AI drafts without significant modification to maintain efficiency
    2. Never using AI for any part of special education documentation
    3. De-identifying data before AI use, reviewing AI drafts critically, and ensuring all clinical interpretation reflects their own professional judgment
    4. Submitting AI-drafted reports under a disclaimer label