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Gibson, Patrick; Robles, Ashley – Center for Learner Equity, 2021
This technical brief is part of an ongoing series the Center for Learner Equity (CLE) launched in 2015 that examines the enrollment and experiences of students with disabilities in different school settings. Using the 2017-2018 U.S. Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) data released earlier this year, this brief focuses on specialized charter…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Charter Schools, Traditional Schools, Student Experience
Center for Public Education, 2020
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires that schools assist students with disabilities to develop independent living skills and abilities essential to succeed in most of their life's endeavors. According to the law, each student with a disability must have an individualized education program (IEP), and the IEP must address…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Students with Disabilities, Equal Education, Federal Legislation
Office of English Language Acquisition, US Department of Education, 2017
The Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) has synthesized key data on English learners (ELs) into short PDF sheets, by topic, with graphics. The topics for this report students with disabilities who are ELs include: (1) Percentage of students with disabilities, ages 3 to 21, served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Hanushek, Eric A. – 1998
While calls to reduce class size in school have considerable popular appeal, the related discussion of the scientific evidence has been limited and highly selective. The evidence about improvements in student achievement that can be attributed to smaller classes turns out to be meager and unconvincing. In the aggregate, pupil-teacher ratios have…
Descriptors: Class Size, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Schools, Special Classes
Cleaver, Mary Jo – 2000
This report provides a description of open-enrollment programs, including tables showing the number of applications and transfers by grade, by race, and by special education status. In addition, the report provides summary information, such as the number of school districts in which more than 3 percent of the students transferred out, the number…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Financial Support, Government Publications
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McDowell, Lena; Sietsema, John – 2000
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) collects selected data from state education agencies about all public elementary and secondary schools and education agencies in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the 5 outlying areas: American Samoa, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin…
Descriptors: Demography, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment, Government Publications
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield. – 2000
This document consists of a series of questions generally asked about charter schools. Charter-school personnel provided a major portion of the information. The questions are as follows: "What are charter schools?""What do Illinois charter schools look like?""What flexibility do charter schools have?""How are…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Demography, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
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American Annals of the Deaf, 1991
United States and Canada schools and classes for deaf children from preschool to postsecondary levels are arranged into three sections: (1) a directory listing program name, contact data, and administrator; (2) a summary table listing program type, number of students, services offered, and communication modes used in the classroom; and (3) summary…
Descriptors: Deafness, Educational Facilities, Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education
Davis, Sharon – 1994
This report updates an earlier study on educational placements of children with mental retardation, comparing data from the 1989-90 school year with the 1990-91 school year. The data indicate that regular class placements increased from 6.7 percent to 7.4 percent from 1989-90 to 1990-91. Resource room placements increased from 20.1 to 23 percent,…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Inclusive Schools, Mainstreaming
Luster, Jane Nell; Durrett, John – 2000
This paper discusses the outcomes of a longitudinal study that investigated whether significant change has occurred in the number of Louisiana students in general education, resource, and separation placements from 1990 to 1999; whether significant differences in placement by age category have continued; and which school systems show a tendency…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Disabilities, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
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Carruth, Ellen D.; Black, Robert S. – 1988
The report, required by Public Law 98-199, provides data on the total number of handicapped pupils, ages 6 through 21, served by the South Carolina public schools as determined on the December 1, 1987, Child Count. Tables include information on the following: public school programs for handicapped children reported by category of handicapping…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Compliance (Legal), Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Mitchell, Melissa, Ed. – 1997
This policy brief reports on a study exploring state by state variation in placement rates for students with disabilities in either regular or special education settings and the relationship of economic, sociodemographic, and educational factors to these rates. The study analyzed data for the school year 1992-93 and compared the percent of…
Descriptors: Demography, Disabilities, Economic Factors, Elementary Secondary Education
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Carruth, Ellen D.; Black, Robert S. – 1987
This guide provides statistical information concerning services to handicapped children provided by the public schools of South Carolina in 1986-87. Statewide data are reported on the number of teachers and students by category of handicapping condition and program model (self-contained, resource room, itinerant, and other). In addition, data for…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Handicap Identification