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Belcastro, Frank P. – 1995
Using a questionnaire developed for a 1985 national survey of educational practices for gifted students in both public and parochial schools (the Sid W. Richardson Study), this study surveyed 273 Iowa school districts in 1993 to determine types of programs in existence in Iowa schools and how Iowa schools differed from the nation's schools in its…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Delivery Systems, Educational Practices
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Esposito, Mary C.; Berlin, Dawn H.; Lal, Shirley – Journal of the National Association for Alternative Certification, 2007
Research findings demonstrate that PDSs effectively prepare general education teachers and lead to increased student academic outcomes. Previous studies within the extant literature have investigated the application of the PDS model with traditional credential candidates. Acute teacher shortages and the implementation of alternative credential…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Special Education, Alternative Teacher Certification, Models