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Barrett, Courtenay A.; Stevenson, Nathan A.; Burns, Matthew K. – Educational Studies, 2020
Federal law under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Improvement Act stipulates that services provided to students with diagnosed disabilities must be (a) individualised based on the assessed needs of each student and (b) include the fewest restrictions necessary to achieve students' personalised goals. However, determining the level…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Inclusion, Equal Education
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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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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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Wilson, Gloria Lodato; Kim, Sun A.; Michaels, Craig A. – Journal of Special Education, 2013
The focus of this study was on increasing the knowledge base on students with disabilities at the secondary level. Data were gathered on 559 classified secondary students with disabilities served in four educational options: cotaught classes, resource rooms, alternate day support programs, and no direct supports. Results indicate that there are…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Disabilities, Classification, Student Placement
Harrison, Betty D.; Dallon, Trilby – 1977
A model for evaluating the progress of handicapped children in resource settings is proposed, and results of field testing the model in elementary and junior high school resource rooms are presented. It is explained that the evaluation model was designed to meet the requirements of P.L. 94-142, The Education for All Handicapped Children Act of…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Federal Legislation, Handicapped Children, Junior High Schools
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Hilton, Alan; Hagen, Michael – Rural Educator, 1983
Montana rural special educators (109) answering a questionnaire indicated 40% of rural/isolated classrooms are not complying with the law requiring interdisciplinary teams to educate handicapped students. In many schools one special education teacher serves as interdisciplinary team/total service provider. Teacher training programs should be…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Compliance (Legal), Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation