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McLeskey, James; Landers, Eric; Hoppey, David; Williamson, Pamela – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2011
This study was conducted to examine changes in the identification rates and national and state placement practices for school age students with learning disabilities (LD) between 1990-1991 and 2008-2009. Findings revealed that while identification rates of students with LD declined by about 4 percent during this time, general education placements…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Disability Identification, Inclusion, Mainstreaming
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Coutinho, Martha J.; Oswald, Donald – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 1996
This article analyzes national and state placement patterns for students with serious emotional disturbance between 1988 and 1991. Findings indicate that many states report substantial increases or decreases in percentage of children served in regular education classes, resource rooms, separate classes, or separate facilities. State demographic…
Descriptors: Demography, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Policy, Educational Trends
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Baumgartner, Dana; And Others – Exceptionality: A Research Journal, 1993
Unstructured comments of 509 parents of students in regular, resource, and self-contained classrooms regarding homework, tests, and grades revealed 8 broad themes: complaints, traditional beliefs about education, alternative beliefs about education, communication issues, beliefs about involvement, stress factors, involvement dependent on child…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Grading, Homework
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Zabel, Robert H.; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1988
Teachers (n=233) of behaviorally disordered students in Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska were surveyed concerning time spent on: evaluation, teaching, preparation/planning, consultation, and indirect support to students. No significant differences were found between resource and self-contained classroom teachers, nor in the use of time between 1980 and…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Instruction
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Marston, Douglas – Journal of Special Education, 1988
The impact of regular and special education on 11 learning-disabled children in fourth through sixth grade was studied by analyzing their slope of improvement on curriculum-based measures of reading scores. A time series analysis indicated that daily reading instruction in a resource room was a more effective intervention than regular education.…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Intervention