The National Education Reports and Special Education: Implications for Students.

Sapon-Shevin, Mara

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ERIC Number: EJ347254

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1987

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The National Education Reports and Special Education: Implications for Students.

Sapon-Shevin, Mara

Exceptional Children, v53 n4 p300-06 Jan 1987

The article examines the omission of special education as a focus of concern in recent national reports and analyses concerned with excellence in education, including negative implications for low-achieving students and those currently receiving special services. The effect of current political and economic variables on educational trends is noted. (JW)

Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Low Achievement, Mainstreaming, National Surveys, Services, Special Classes, Special Education, Student Needs

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Policymakers

Language: English

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Note: For related documents, see EC 191 334-339.