This special report summarizes a larger report titled "Linkages in the Delivery and Financing of Special Education Services in New Jersey" by Henry A. Coleman et al. It describes a project which analyzed the linkage between the structure of state aid for special education and the identification, classification, and placement of students for the delivery of services. Individual sections address: the history of special education in New Jersey, the New Jersey Quality Education Act of 1990, the identification of students eligible for special educational services, classification and placement steps, cost factors, cost of a special education placement versus state reimbursement, other factors affecting special education placement, major deficiencies of the special education state aid system, and data collection limitations. Recommendations urge modifications to the state aid system to promote placement of students in the least restrictive environment and equalization of both service delivery and cost burdens to school districts. Eight tables provide detailed trend data on: enrollment in long-term education programs; special education additional cost factors; use of own-district self contained classes versus resource rooms/centers; state totals for school district special education appropriations; and percentage of students in self-contained special education classes by gender and race/ethnicity for selected urban districts. (DB)