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Chalk, John – Special Education: Forward Trends, 1975
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Education
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Harvey, Virginia Smith – Behavioral Disorders, 1996
This study compared perceptions of staff in self-contained programs and mainstreamed programs for students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) in a district committed to inclusion, interagency coordination, and staff training. Well-established self-contained programs were perceived as superior to relatively new mainstream programs in…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Inclusive Schools
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Sindelar, Paul T.; And Others – Journal of Special Education, 1988
Thirty-five studies on the efficacy of special class versus regular class placement for mildly handicapped students were reviewed for the power of their statistical tests. Twenty-one studies had adequate power to detect a large effect size but the power to detect a medium effect size was no better than chance. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Hypothesis Testing, Mainstreaming
Gordon, Randy – 1990
The 1989/90 In-School Suspension (ISS) program of the Des Moines (Iowa) Independent Community School District provided an in-school setting for the suspension of students in 15 secondary schools for infractions of the discipline code while continuing their educational program and focusing on the offending behavior through counseling activities.…
Descriptors: Counseling, Discipline, Elementary Secondary Education, High Risk Students
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Bunda, Mary Anne – 1985
The paper describes problems endemic to the evaluation of programs for gifted and talented students. The goals of gifted and talented programs are often substantially different from those covered on outcome measures available to schools. When decisions are being made about the type of programs to be provided, parallel consideration should be given…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities
San Diego City Schools, CA. Planning, Research and Evaluation Div. – 1986
An independent audit of the San Diego (California) special education department was commissioned to examine: (1) whether programs exceed mandates of federal and state law, (2) whether the district has maximized funding sources in reporting programs and costs; and (3) whether alternative service delivery models or community interagency…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Tuttle, Frederick B., Jr.; Becker, Laurence A. – 1980
The document on program design and development, is the second book in a multimedia program, "Educating the Gifted and Talented," a series designed to provide background information, supplementary materials, workshop activities, and discussion questions for individuals and teachers working with or preparing to work with gifted students. Chapter 1…
Descriptors: Acceleration, Counseling, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education
Hunt, Pam; And Others – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 1986
Individualized education programs (IEPs) written for 18 severely disabled students (ages 4-19) who attended integrated school sites scored higher on selected indicators of best practices when compared with IEPs written for students attending segregated sites. IEPs were examined for age-appropriateness, functionality, and potential for…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Education Programs, Normalization (Handicapped), Program Evaluation
Miller, Ronald C.; And Others – 1987
The report documents New York City's Office of Educational Assessment's evaluation of the Division of Special Education Public Law 89-313 program for the 1986-87 school year. The program is intended to provided supplemental services suited to the individual needs of participating handicapped students based upon their individual education plans…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Education Programs, Inservice Teacher Education
Rhodes, H. C. – 1977
Presented is the complete report from an evaluation of special education services in Alberta, Canada (1975-1976). The first section details the relationships between predictor variables (such as pupil density; annual per pupil expenditure, and mean salary of teaching and administrative staff) and the proportion of students served. Reviewed in the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Foreign Countries, Handicapped Children
Fisher, Mary; Meyer, Luanna H. – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 2002
Forty students with severe disabilities were evaluated across two years of either inclusive or self-contained educational programming. Comparison of child development and social competence found the inclusive group made statistically significant gains on the developmental measure and realized higher social competence scores in comparison to the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Inclusive Schools, Interpersonal Competence
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Feldhusen, John F.; Sayler, Michael F. – Roeper Review, 1990
A survey evaluation of special classes for the gifted in 35 Indiana school districts was carried out among 173 teachers, administrators, and program coordinators. Results indicated that the curriculum and teaching methods were clearly differentiated for the gifted and were effective in meeting their needs. (Author/PB)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Bureau of Education for Exceptional Students. – 1986
The manual is intended to serve as a guide for local Florida school systems as they develop procedures for establishing special instructional programs for specific learning disabled (SLD) students. Section 1 outlines student eligibility procedures: (1) definition of SLD; (2) screening, referral, and student evaluation; (3) eligibility criteria and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Educational Administration, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Silverstein, Leonard – 1975
Presented is an evaluation of a program in seven schools in New York City which provided 19 special classes for 174 doubly handicapped students--mentally retarded and severely physically handicapped--ranging in age from 5 to 21 years old. Among findings listed are that the 30 higher functioning Ss who were given the Wide Range Achievement Test did…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Mathematics, Mental Retardation
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Education for the Gifted and Talented. – 1982
Guidelines and about 160 references that may assist local New York State school districts develop programs for the gifted cover the following seven program components: planning, the district's philosophy and definition of gifted, identification, programming (curricula and instruction), teacher selection and education, promoting awareness of gifted…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education
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