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Rogers, Wendy; Johnson, Nicole – Physical Disabilities: Education and Related Services, 2018
Federal legislation such as IDEA (1997) and NCLB (2001) have led to an increase in the number of students with significant disabilities receiving instruction in the general education classroom. This inclusionary movement has established a more diverse student population in which general and special education teachers are responsible for providing…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Disabilities, Equal Education
Liu, Kristin K.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Dosedel, Michael – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2020
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires 95% participation in state achievement testing. Students with the most significant cognitive disabilities participate in states' alternate assessments based on alternate academic achievement standards (AA-AAAS). A growing number of these students are also English learners (Christensen et al., 2018).…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Porter, Jeffrey; Holzberg, Bette C. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1979
The article presents the traditional roles of school psychologist and classroom teacher as a manifestation of the "theory v practice" dilemma, with reciprocal influence between the two roles being rare. (Author)
Descriptors: Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Handicapped Children
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American Annals of the Deaf, 1979
The first section of the journal covers selected topics of interest in the areas of incidence and services to deaf-visually impaired persons, federal legislation on interpreters and telecommunications, and the educational significance of three levels of hearing loss. (PHR)
Descriptors: Deaf Blind, Diagnostic Tests, Federal Legislation, Hearing Impairments
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Flathouse, Virgil E. – Exceptional Children, 1979
The article discusses the provision of educational services to multiply handicapped deaf children, as mandated by the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (P.L. 94-142). Some problems of definition and of identification are reviewed, along with considerations in the identification and placement of such children. (DLS)
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Curriculum Development, Deafness, Definitions
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1980
The 1980 Senate hearing focuses on federal programs for deaf and hearing impaired students. Thirteen prepared statements are presented from representatives of federal agencies (National Institute of Handicapped Research, Department of Education, and National Institute of Health); private associations (the Convention of American Instructors of the…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment