Which of the following was a barrier to the creation of federal legislation regarding the education of children with exceptionalities?
a. Parents groups were more interested in lobbying individual states for change instead of forming a national coalition.
b. A strong federal role in education violated the American tradition of making education the responsibility of states.
c. There was no scientific recognition of the role of educational intervention in the education of exceptional children.
d. Educators disliked the idea of legal regulation of their teaching and distrusted any federal intervention.
ANSWER: b
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