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Alford, David W.; And Others – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 1979
A pilot study was conducted to provide a preliminary assessment of the validity and usefulness of the Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT) as a teacher aid for individualized educational program (IEP) development and educational programing for 21 visually handicapped students (9 to 15 years old). (Author/SBH)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Children, Exceptional Child Research, Individualized Education Programs
Peer reviewedBreiter, Joan – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 1979
The study attempted to determine which of the 449 public school districts in the State of Iowa have programs for gifted elementary children, or are planning programs, and what factors in planning/implementing such programs seem of most importance. (Author)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Gifted, Program Development
Nadler, Barbara; Shore, Ken – Education Unlimited, 1980
The authors examine, through interviews with 175 parents, students, teachers, and support personnel, potential obstacles to the successful development and use of individualized education programs (IEPs) as required by P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. (CL)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Exceptional Child Research
Peer reviewedPalmer, Douglas J. – Journal of Special Education, 1979
The study examined 102 elementary regular-classroom teachers' attributions and instructional prescriptions for normal achieving, educationally handicapped, and educable mentally retarded pupils. (Author)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities, Mainstreaming
Bailey, Terence; And Others – Special Education: Forward Trends, 1980
The English study monitored the first stages of an integration plan involving nine handicapped 12-year-old boys. The study pointed out the need for coordination between the special school and the special unit of the mainstreamed school and for an adequate curriculum for the students at the mainstreamed school. (PHR)
Descriptors: Coordination, Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Educational Cooperation
Peer reviewedCarpenter, Robert L.; Robson, Donald L. – Journal of Special Education, 1979
The paper presents the rationale, design and methodology, results, and discussion of a three-part statewide (Indiana) survey of special education teachers, special education directors, and parents of handicapped children on their knowledge of and expectations for P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children. (Author)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Compliance (Legal), Exceptional Child Research, Federal Legislation
Download full textTurnbull, H. R.; Turnbull, Ann P. – Journal of Early Intervention, 2000
This commentary reacts to an article that presented an agenda for educational change to encourage early childhood inclusion. It discusses the need for a bottom-up approach, as well as a top-down approach, to ensure accountability in educational reform. The need for increased accountability in the research community is also stressed. (Contains…
Descriptors: Accountability, Agenda Setting, Change Strategies, Delivery Systems
