Mainstreaming Students with Learning Disabilities: Are We Making Progress?.

McLeskey, James; Pacchiano, Debra

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ERIC Number: EJ483475

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Publication Date: 1994

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Mainstreaming Students with Learning Disabilities: Are We Making Progress?

McLeskey, James; Pacchiano, Debra

Exceptional Children, v60 n6 p508-17 May 1994

Examination of data from the "Annual Reports to Congress on the Implementation of Public Law 94-142" from 1979 through 1989 revealed that the placement rate for students with learning disabilities being educated in restrictive, separate class settings almost doubled. The proportion of all students with learning disabilities served in separate-class settings increased 4.4%. (Author/JDD)

Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Incidence, Learning Disabilities, Mainstreaming, Special Classes, Student Placement, Trend Analysis

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Education for All Handicapped Children Act

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