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Ferrara, Steven F. – 1984
The paper makes two premises: (1) excellence in mainstreaming requires modifications to regular classroom instructional activities, materials, and assessment, and support and assistance for the teachers making these modifications; (2) one criterion to judge the excellence of evaluation of mainstreaming programs is the degree to which an evaluation…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Mainstreaming, Program Descriptions

Hegarty, Seamus – Educational Research, 1996
Describes the mission, structure, information dissemination, and research program of the 50-year-old National Foundation for Educational Research. Summarizes work in testing, program evaluation, and integration of students with special needs. (SK)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Mainstreaming, Program Evaluation

Powers, David A. – Exceptional Children, 1983
The article represents a literature based set of practical guidelines regarding mainstreaming in the areas of inservice method, format, planning, goals and objectives, location, scheduling, evaluation, incentives, training personnel, school administration, and instructional materials. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Mainstreaming
Fuchs, Douglas; Fuchs, Lynn S. – 1987
The paper examined empirical evidence (published through 1986) concerning the effectiveness of the Adaptive Learning Environments Model (ALEM), a multifaceted program designed to integrate handicapped pupils and remedial and compensatory education students in general education. Evaluation of three evaluative studies by the program's originators…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education

Sleeter, Christine E. – Journal of Educational Equity and Leadership, 1985
Reviews published assessments of the effects of preservice training for mainstreaming or multicultural education. Compares studies to determine: (1) what was meant by mainstreaming or multicultural education in various programs; (2) what outcomes were used to assess program effectiveness; and (3) what was found about the effectiveness of the kinds…
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education, Mainstreaming, Multicultural Education

Turnbull, Ann P. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1982
The practice of mainstreaming preschool children is critically analyzed by examining the nature of the federal policy that has resulted in mainstreaming and the status of implementing the goals and objectives that the policy seeks to address. (PN)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Objectives, Educational Policy, Federal Regulation

Saint-Laurent, Lise; And Others – Canadian Journal of Special Education, 1992
This article synthesizes 55 Quebec (Canada) pilot projects on mainstreaming of pupils with learning disabilities, behavior disorders, physical or sensorial handicaps, or mental handicaps, at preschool and elementary levels. It focuses on extent of integration, interventions, training and support for teachers, and evaluation methodology used.…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Instructional Effectiveness, Intervention

Bunda, Mary Anne – 1985
The paper describes problems endemic to the evaluation of programs for gifted and talented students. The goals of gifted and talented programs are often substantially different from those covered on outcome measures available to schools. When decisions are being made about the type of programs to be provided, parallel consideration should be given…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities
Kendall, William S. – 1978
The paper examines issues involving the implementation of P.L. 94-142, The Education for All Handicapped Children Act, with minority group students. A critique of studies on minority concerns is presented, and such assessment issues as technical problems and the implications of ability grouping for minorities, are explored. Considerations in…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Handicapped Children, Mainstreaming
O'Dell, Donald L.; Karr-Kidwell, PJ – 1994
This paper offers a literature review of materials concerning inclusion of students with disabilities, and reports on the 3-year development of an inclusion program at one elementary school in Texas. The literature review is organized into sections which address legislative initiatives and law, special education programs with mainstreaming, the…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Disabilities, Educational Change
Fritz, Marie F.; Miller, Maury – 1996
This paper briefly addresses critical issues in documenting studies of the effectiveness of inclusive education for students with disabilities and includes a summary table of the existing literature and guidelines for problem solving about inclusion. The importance of sound methodology in documenting effects of inclusion and the dangers of value…
Descriptors: Brainstorming, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Lipsky, Dorothy Kerzner; Gartner, Alan – NCERI Bulletin, 1995
This bulletin summarizes research on the benefits of inclusive education programs; provides data on the current status of special education; and considers studies of individual inclusion programs, state and district studies, and the effects of inclusion on students without disabilities. The research and evaluation data on inclusion indicate a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disabilities, Educational Improvement, Educational Research
Baird, William – 1990
This literature review and evaluation "tool kit" provides a summary of the research literature about the evaluation of large-scale intervention policies like the Blueprint for the Future program of the Scarborough (Ontario, Canada) Board of Education. This report is intended to assist in creating a realistic plan for the Blueprint…
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Educational Assessment, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Capper, Colleen A. – 1989
A collaboration between general and special education can help rural school districts improve services to severely disabled students. This paper presents a conceptual model for rural school administrators to define current practices in their districts and to develop alternatives for educating students with severe disabilities within a rural…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Mainstreaming
Schenck, Susan J.; Levy, William K. – 1979
Three hundred individualized education programs (IEPs) and corresponding psychoeducational assessments were collected from the files of children who had been identified as educable mentally retarded (EMR), emotionally disturbed (ED), learning disabled (LD) and other. Frequency distributions were performed on the data obtained from the IEPs and…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Research, Federal Legislation, Handicapped Children
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