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An Evaluation of Annual Goals for Rural Students Who Are Receiving Special Education Services: A Comparison of Disability Categories
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Katie Mae McCabe – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2024
In this article, we describe the exploration of the content and quality of annual goals included in the Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) of students with disabilities in one rural U.S. school district. We utilized content analysis to understand the district's service delivery model comprehensively. Findings revealed disparities between…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Evaluation, Rural Schools, Special Education
The Influence of Parental Engagement on Most Restrictive Special Education Placements for African American Students in a Major Urban Texas School District
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Hawkins, Dianne Kendrick – ProQuest LLC, 2017
African American students receive placements in special education in numbers disproportionate to their representation in the population at large. They are also placed in most restrictive settings in large numbers. The current quantitative study was designed to examine the influence of participation in ARD/IEP meetings by African American parents…
Descriptors: Parent Influence, Special Education, Student Placement, African American Students
Predicting Eighth-Grade Algebra Students with Individualized Education Programs
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Faulkner, Valerie N.; Crossland, Cathy L.; Stiff, Lee V. – Exceptional Children, 2013
This study investigated the extent to which student performance and teacher perception of student performance affect placement in eighth-grade mathematics classes for students with disabilities. Authors used the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study--Kindergarten dataset to investigate how each of the following factors predicted placement in…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Algebra, Mathematics Instruction, Academic Achievement
Study of the Impact of P.L. 94-142 on the Handicapped Child and Family: Institutional Responses and Their Consequences. Final Report: Year 2 of Operations (October 1, 1979 to September 30, 1980) and Executive Summary (January, 1981).
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Halpern, Robert; Parker-Crawford, Frances – 1981
The two documents contain the final report and executive summary of a 2 year study on the impact of P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) on nine Michigan handicapped children (5 to 10 years old) who had participated in an integrated preschool. Section I of the final report presents introductory information with an overview…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Due Process
Local Implementation of PL 94-142: First Year Report of a Longitudinal Study.
Stearns, Marian S.; And Others – 1980
The document reports findings from the first year of a longitudinal study of the implementation of P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. Based primarily on interviews with a wide variety of respondents (e.g., administrators, teachers, and parents) from 22 local education agencies (LEAs) in nine states, the report describes…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Decision Making, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Local Implementation of PL 94-142: Third Year Report of a Longitudinal Study.
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Wright, Anne R.; And Others – 1981
The document contains the third annual update of a longitudinal study on the implementation of P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, by 16 local education agencies (LEAs). An introductory chapter outlines the content of the report and the study design. Section II describes implementation of P.L. 94-142 in 16 special…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Due Process