Among findings were that relative locations of special education classrooms are similar for both urban and suburban school systems and that the locations of special education classrooms tended to be closer to the mainstream rather than distant. (SW)

Analyses of 212 questionnaires completed by school districts with mainstreaming programs indicated that placement in the regular class did not enhance individualization of instruction for exceptional learners. Placement in the most restrictive educational environment was, however, a good predictor of individualized instruction. (CL)

Mathematics achievement of 36 students in mainstreamed mathematics classes was compared with 44 students in self-contained classes. Analysis showed that integrated students performed significantly better than self-contained Ss. A model is proposed to account for differences: higher expectations, exposure to greater quantities of demanding…

Reported was a study on the effect of integrated and segregated educational settings, respectively, on the self concept of 100 educable mentally retarded adolescents. (GW)

Of 50 educators interviewed, 27 favored retention of special classes for the mildly exceptional child and 23 favored integration into regular classes. Teachers tended to prefer special classes; nonteaching educators (administrators, school psychologists) tended to favor regular class placement. (KW)

Four emotionally disturbed preschoolers engaged in a higher frequency of disruptive behavior in a regular classroom than in a special class, and teachers in the two settings responded differently to the disruptive behavior. (CL)

The article responds to a criticism (EC 221 612) of a previous article by the authors (EC 212 323) and suggests the criticism is biased. They note the fallacy of value-free research, reject the allegation that their bias guided their research, and identify points of agreement and disagreement with the criticism. (DB)

The Albuquerque Public Schools provide services to severely and profoundly handicapped students in side by side sites, programs in which the handicapped students are educated in special classes alongside nonhandicapped students on regular school campuses appropriate to their chronological ages. (SBH)

In response to an article by M. S. Lilly which offered a training based model for special education, the author raises questions about the proposed model and offers an alternative model which would include special classes and resource room placement as a short term alternative to regular class placement. (DB)

The article criticizes a previous article (EC 212 323) on the play behavior of hearing-impaired children in integrated or segregated settings. It notes the use of terminology suggesting author bias against special class or school placement and failure to consider such variables as level of auditory function and availability of manual communication…

Thirty-six conduct problem first graders were randomly assigned to either a special class of eight children or regular classes. (Author)

Twenty-nine 10-year-old educable mentally retarded Ss in a resource room program were matched on age, intelligence and reading level (preprimer) with 41 special class controls to determine the efficacy of the resource room as an alternative to special classes. (MC)

Data from 162 special education teachers and 31 administrators in restrictive placements for students with serious emotional disturbance (SED) found that reintegration orientation, demographic characteristics of restrictive SED programs, and particular experiences/training of special educators predict reintegration rates of SED students into less…