Assessment Issues, Placement Litigation, and the Future of Mild Mental Retardation Classification and Programming.

Reschly, Daniel J.

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ERIC Number: EJ383985

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Publication Date: 1988

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Assessment Issues, Placement Litigation, and the Future of Mild Mental Retardation Classification and Programming.

Reschly, Daniel J.

Education and Training in Mental Retardation, v23 n4 p285-301 Dec 1988

The article examines issues concerning mild mental retardation (MMR) classification and programing including placement bias litigation, MMR diagnostic construct and classification criteria, general intellectual functioning, adaptive behavior, sociocultural status, pseudo reforms through changes in assessment, the Learning Potential Assessment Device, system reforms and MMR changes. (DB)

Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Court Litigation, Definitions, Delivery Systems, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility, Mild Mental Retardation, Sociocultural Patterns, Student Placement

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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