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Kleinert, Harold; Towles-Reeves, Elizabeth; Quenemoen, Rachel; Thurlow, Martha; Fluegge, Lauren; Weseman, Laura; Kerbel, Allison – Exceptional Children, 2015
Surveying 15 states and 39,837 students, this study examined the extent to which students who took an alternate assessment based on alternate achievement standards in the 2010--2011 school year had access to regular education settings and the extent to which that access correlated with expressive communication, use of an augmentative or…
Descriptors: Severe Mental Retardation, Student Placement, Curriculum, General Education
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Marston, Douglas; Magnusson, Deanne – Exceptional Children, 1985
Two studies document benefits of implementing CBM (curriculum-based measurement) in both special and regular education settings. In Study 1 CBM is demonstrated to be a valid and reliable measurement system that aids teacher decisions regarding student placement, progress, and intervention effectiveness in an elementary school. Study II outlines…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Mild Disabilities
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Anderson-Inman, Lynne – Journal of Special Education, 1987
The study with five mildly handicapped students (ages 10-12) found that changing setting (regular or resource classroom) alone had no significant impact on student performance. The combined effect of changes in test materials and test administrator, however, indicated that curriculum differences did affect extent to which skills were transferred…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Environmental Influences, Generalization, Instructional Effectiveness
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Moore, Stephen C.; And Others – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1990
A survey of 64 Utah elementary and junior high special education teachers found that they provide little vocational and vocationally related task training. Middle school teachers in self-contained classrooms placed most emphasis on vocational training, followed by elementary resource room teachers, elementary self-contained teachers, and middle…
Descriptors: Career Education, Course Content, Curriculum, Disabilities
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McKenzie, Robert G. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1991
A survey of 48 secondary-level learning disability content teachers and 45 basic skills teachers examined their relationship with the mainstream, curricular structure, instructional methodology, and students' behavioral characteristics. The two groups differed little in how they taught but more in how they perceived their interactions and their…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Delivery Systems, Learning Disabilities, Mainstreaming
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Donne, Vicki J.; Zigmond, Naomi – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2008
An observational study of reading instruction, using the MS-CISSAR protocol, was conducted in general education classrooms, resource classrooms, and self-contained special education/deaf education classrooms in Grades 1 through 4 in public schools within the tri-state area of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Participants were 24 students who…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Partial Hearing, Deafness, Grade 1