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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"special education placement"”.
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Parents' Perceptions of Communication Practices with School Professionals during Initial Years of Special Education Placement.
<p>Special education has evolved into a dominant area of education since first brought to the forefront. The reauthorization of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act updated and addressed many issues, including parental issues. Initially …
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Pupil socioeconomic status, pupil race, and racial composition of the school district as components of the special education placement decision
In an attempt to alleviate subjectivity in special education placement decisions, Congress mandated that such decisions be made by a multidisciplinary team (P.L. 94-142). Minority students are consistently overrepresented in special education classes (Mercer, 1973; Tucker, 1980; Keyes, 1981). The …
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The Gender and Race Intersectional Disproportionality-Tool (GRID-T): An Exploration of Practitioners’ Access to and Use of High-Quality Data for Special Education Placement
<p>Disproportionality in special education (SPED) is upheld by systems and individuals, policies, and practices that both reflect and shape the local communities within which it exists. Even with many proposed solutions for disproportionality, it persists. This two-manuscript dissertation explores …
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The effects of culturally-based computer software on the motivation and academic engagement of African American English speakers
There is a need to respond to the educational demands of African American English (AAE) speakers based on standardized measures (Carnoy, Loeb & Smith, 2001). There is also a need to fill the gaps in our existing knowledge base of the effects of culturally and linguistically responsive intervention …
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The Get Ready Program at Marquette School
… The findings from the study are consistent with educational research for elementary school children relative to attendance, achievement, rate of retention, and special education placement of children who participated in similar programs.
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Predicting exceptionality, student achievement, and ISTEP scores using pre-school screening scores of Amish and English children
Federal and state laws have mandated preschool educational screenings. However, these laws only specify that a screening measure must be incorporated in the school's procedures. The laws do not state what this screening measure should be or how it should be used. For example, Public Law 94-142 …
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Teacher directed collaboration: effects on referrals to special education
… the number of students who were referred for special education placement and (b) if using a pre-referral process, such as consultation, increased the accuracy of teachers identifying children with a qualifying disability. One school that used teacher directed collaboration was compared to two …
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The Long-Term Effects of a Preschool Program
… Russellville, Kentucky and examined the rate of special education placement, retention, suspension and dropout for students who attended a preschool program versus students who did not attend a preschool program. Results of this research showed, there is no difference in special education …
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Black, Male, and Poor: The Intersection of Social Identities Effects on Special Education Referrals for Emotional Disturbance
… male students, when compared to the total Special Education population, are disproportionately placed under the Emotional Disturbance category. Special Education evaluations, referred by general education teachers, lead to most Special Education placement (UFT, n.d.; Smeets & Roeleveld, …
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African American Perceptions of Childhood Behavioral Disorders and Mental Health Services
… pinpointed the schools use of ethnocentric educational material and curricula as the reason why their children were identified as having difficulties warranting a school based psychological evaluation. The participants believed that there was a white model of education due to standards of …
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Opening the doors to self-contained special education classrooms: Perspectives on their continued use
… continue to be educated in self-contained special education classrooms. This research aims to bring to light the experiences of special education teachers who primarily educate students with disabilities in self-contained classrooms to better understand the continued use of this educational …
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Evidence-informed policy development and enactment: A policy content evaluation of a provincial policy for improving the educational outcomes of youth in out-of-home care in Ontario
… a series of four interrelated papers. First, education data of 4,109 students were analyzed to understand the educational experiences of students living in out-of-home care (OHC) throughout Ontario during the year (2015–2016) the JPSA was released. Analyses revealed that students in OHC had …
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The Effects of Prereferral Intervention Through the Connecticut Early Intervention Project on Special Education Prevalence Rates in Connecticut Schools
… as one systemic solution to concerns about special education prevalence rates. This study analyzed change in special education prevalence rates in Connecticut schools participating in the Early Intervention Project (EIP) as compared to Connecticut schools not participating in the project. …
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Asperger's Syndrome and Non-verbal Learning Disabilities: A study of differential diagnosis agreement across disciplines
… clinicians are bound by regulations governing special education placement established by Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). While both sets of clinicians generate diagnostic recommendations for students, the guidelines and criteria are not of parallel descriptors. AS is only a …
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A Comparison of Inclusion and Pullout Programs on Student Achievement for Students with Disabilities
… enacted laws to provide free, appropriate public education to students with disabilities. In the first decade of the 21st Century the government has produced legislation requiring schools to be responsible for improving instruction for students with disabilities. One of the major trends in …
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Black male students’ experiences in Midwest high school self- contained special education classes
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2024-09-16 without embargo terms
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Teachers' Attitudes and Their Effect on Placement Recommendations for Students with Cognitive Disabilities
… to include students with disabilities in general education classrooms, as well as how to recognize why students with cognitive disabilities were embodied more in self-contained classrooms than in comprehensive environments. In this study, I aimed to understand how special education teachers’ …