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The Impact of Proposition 227 on the Identification and Placement of English Language Learners in Special Education in Rural California Districts
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Adler, Stacey L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This dissertation examined the impact that Proposition 227 had upon the identification and placement of English language learners in Special Education programs in small, necessary Special Education Local Plan Areas (SELPAs) in the state of California. Furthermore, this dissertation studied the practices and strategies used by small, necessary…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Administrator Attitudes, Identification, Statistical Data
Overrepresentation of Minority Students: The Case for Greater Specificity or Reconsideration of the Variables Examined.
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MacMillan, Donald L.; Reschly, Daniel J. – Journal of Special Education, 1998
In examining the issue of overrepresentation of minority students in special education, this article distinguishes between the percentage of category or program by group and percentage of group in category or program, which provide very different perspectives. Caution in interpreting data from the Office of Civil Rights relating "race/ethnicity"…
Descriptors: Classification, Data Analysis, Disabilities, Disability Identification
Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: Twentieth Annual Report to Congress.
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Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1998
The 20th annual report to Congress on the implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is divided into four sections organized around a model which views educational results as products of three sets of factors: the context and environment in which the education is provided, student characteristics, and school programs…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Accountability, Agency Cooperation