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Download full textSobsey, Dick – 1985
The paper reviews court decisions mandating extended-year programs for students with severe and multiple handicaps for whom regression during the summer break threatens the development of independence and addresses considerations in developing such extended year programs. Guidelines center on eligibility, funding, program focus, program length,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Extended School Year, Multiple Disabilities, Program Development
Alper, Sandra; Noie, Dennis R. – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 1987
Survey responses of 50 State Directors of Special Education indicated wide discrepancies among states in how extended year services for severely handicapped students are provided. The article presents legal and educational bases in support of extended year programing and stresses the need for empirically based program guidelines. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Extended School Year, Legal Responsibility
Peer reviewedJohnstone, D. Bruce – Journal for Higher Education Management, 1995
It is argued that colleges and universities can become more productive by enhancing the efficiency of student learning. This requires both acceleration of learning through individually paced mastery learning, better academic focus, year-round schooling, and an earlier start to graduate and professional education. Eight strategies for enhancing…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), College Administration, College Outcomes Assessment, Cost Effectiveness
