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Peer reviewedMcLeskey, James; Henry, Daniel; Hodges, Dodi – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1998
Using data from the Department of Education's 1997 Annual Report to Congress, this article examines changes that have occurred in the number of U.S. students who are identified with disabilities since inclusion began in earnest in the late 1980s, as well as the movement toward educating these students in more inclusive settings. (CR)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disability Identification, Educational Innovation, 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
Download full textLuster, 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
PDF pending restorationBoney, Carolyn S.; Hutson, Margaret H.; Spann, Ora; Seabrook, Luther W. – 1997
This report contains data on students with disabilities (ages 3-21) in South Carolina public schools during the 1996-97 school year. The data indicate that special education students (ages 5-21) represent 12.9 percent of the student enrollment in South Carolina. The included data charts depict the following information: (1) children with…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Rate
Knoll, James A.; Obi, Sunday C. – 1997
This study surveyed educators in 30 school districts in Eastern Kentucky to examine the extent to which a grassroots movement toward inclusive schooling is developing, as well as teacher attitudes toward the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) of 1990. Of the 3,393 questionnaires distributed, 651 were returned from 65 (of 178) schools. Generally…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Educational Practices
Regnier, William L. – 1998
This paper compared the performance of 22 seventh-grade controls in a traditional special education program with at least one period of resource room instruction to the performance of 22 students in a supportive inclusionary model program. In each group, there were 17 students with learning disabilities and 5 students with behavior disorders.…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Academic Achievement, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Problems
