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Weber, Douglas L.; Weber, Margaret B. – 1979
The paper compares evaluation requirements established under P.L. 94-103 (Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act) and P.L. 94-142 (Education for All Handicapped Children Act). The correspondence of the requirements to traditional evaluation models is noted, and obstacles to implementation of the evaluation procedures are…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Federal Legislation, Handicapped Children
Download full textKuther, Tara L. – 1994
This paper reviews the literature on positive and negative aspects of diagnostic classification of children, or labeling. It reviews the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, which mandated that special education must be available to all children with disabilities. Definitional issues in diagnostic labeling of students with learning…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classification, Definitions, Educational Diagnosis
