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Direct linkAdams, Antoinette – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The disproportionate representation of African American students in special education classes has been a challenge and dilemma for educators for over four decades. The disproportionate identification of African American students in special education began in kindergarten general education classrooms when teachers did not use interventions…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, African American Students, Special Education, Disproportionate Representation
Download full textNowicki, Jacqueline M. – US Government Accountability Office, 2019
About 13 percent of children aged 3 through 21 enrolled in public schools received special education services in school year 2015-16, and about 3 percent of children from birth through age 2 received special education services. Concerns about the difficulties identifying and evaluating children for special education have been raised by the media,…
Descriptors: Special Education, Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Disability Identification
Dragoo, Kyrie E. – Congressional Research Service, 2018
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a statute that authorizes grant programs that support special education services. Under the IDEA, a series of conditions are attached to the receipt of grant funds. These conditions aim to provide certain educational and procedural guarantees for students with disabilities and their…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Equal Education, Federal Legislation
Friedman-Krauss, Allison; Garver, Karin; Nores, Milagros; Li, Zijia; Whitman, Charles – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2020
The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) conducted a needs assessment to understand and describe early childhood services for preschool-age children with an Individualized Education Program (IEP) in the state of Connecticut. In collaboration with the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE), NIEER developed survey…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Students with Disabilities, Individualized Education Programs, Needs Assessment
Peer reviewedMcClain, Donna; Schmertzing, Lorraine; Schmertzing, Richard – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2012
This instrumental case study used qualitative methods and grounded theory to examine the implementation of Response to Intervention (RtI) in a rural preschool program. Ten of the preschool staff and eight parents were involved. Other data sources included continuous field notes, memos maintained by the researcher, classroom observations, and…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Preschool Education, Program Implementation, Case Studies
