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What's "Special" about Special Education? A Field under Siege.
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Fuchs, Douglas; Fuchs, Lynn S. – 1994
Special education is under fire from full inclusionists who advocate for children with severe mental retardation and who contend that special education settings are immoral dumping grounds for children deemed "unteachable." Other advocates of inclusion focus on the invalidity of disability categories, tests, and instructional services which, in…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Disabilities, Educational Methods, Educational Policy