ERIC Number: ED130491
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1976-Oct
Pages: 58
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Comprehensive Support Services Program for Serving Pupils with Special Educational Needs, 1975 - 1976. Report and Evaluation.
Ashburn, Sarah H.
Presented are a description and evaluation report of the Comprehensive Support Services Program (CSSP), a regional effort by seven New York school districts to identify, evaluate, and provide supplemental educational support for learning disabled students with special educational needs through a multi-disciplinary team in each school. Summarized are the results of an evaluation for the 1975-76 school year based on four assessment tools -- surveys of school administrators, classroom teachers whose students received support, and parents of students served, and preservice and postservice testing of 1,129 students (grades 1-12) with learning problems using the Peabody Individual Achievement Test. It is noted that the major conclusions from comparisons of test results are that (1) CCSP students gained significantly greater than the national norm in math, work recognition, and comprehension; (2) gains were greater at eight grade and below than at the higher grades; (3) no differences were attributable to service method (direct of indirect); (4) gains in word recognition and comprehension may have been attributable to the intervention measure; and (5) second year gains equaled or exceeded first year gains. Included are such recommendations as the provision of consistent screening to identify students with learning problems, preparation of individual educational plans, and increased focus on teacher training. Appended are the questionnaires and interview forms used with administrators, teachers, and parents. (IM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annual Reports, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Education, Identification, Individualized Education Programs, Individualized Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach, Learning Disabilities, Program Descriptions, Program Evaluation, Regional Programs, Special Education, State Programs, Student Evaluation, Supplementary Education, Teaching Methods, Team Teaching, Teamwork
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Sponsor: New York State Education Dept., Albany.
Authoring Institution: Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga Board of Cooperative Educational Services, Ithaca, NY.
Identifiers - Location: New York
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