The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) was signed into law in 2001, fueled by bipartisan concern about the standardized test scores of U.S. students in comparison with their international cohort and dissatisfaction with gaps in achievement between certain student groups--low income, English-language learners, special education, and students of…

Research conducted by the Community College Research Center (CCRC) and others was criticized in an article by Alexandros M. Goudas and Hunter R. Boylan (2012) published in the "Journal of Developmental Education," Volume 36, Issue 1. They raise specific contentions related to the methodology applied in the CCRC studies, the review of…

Rochelle Gutiérrez has spent 15 years researching effective, urban high school mathematics departments that served Black, Latin@ and low-income adolescents (see, e.g., Gutiérrez, 1996, 1999a, 1999b, 2000, 2002). These were schools where students took more mathematics than was required by their district; where English learners, recent immigrants,…

Concurrent enrollment programs provide academic challenges for high school students and also provide a strong foundation for career and technical education programs. The state of Utah is one of the leaders in concurrent enrollments, providing funding for high schools to adopt such programs across the state, and Weber State University in Ogden,…

Discusses the evolution of the concept of "mainstreaming," objections to the idea, the rights of the handicapped, and the rights of all students to an effective education. Responds to the critics of mainstreaming. (FL)

Describes Kaleidoscope's Youth Development Program in Illinois, which offers a variety of services to help youths who are "aging out" of foster care programs to learn to live on their own in the community. (Author/BB)

This article discusses concerns and guidelines regarding the placement of gifted and talented students in inclusive settings, such as the effectiveness of inclusive programs in meeting gifted students' needs, the effects of inclusion on gifted students and other students, the lack of evidence to support inclusion for gifted education, and funding…

Discusses the difficulties in conducting a case study on the attitudes and beliefs that individuals held about mainstreaming a boy with disabilities, including changes in terminology, methodological dilemmas, and discrepancies between the definitions that participants explicitly shared and observations of their interactions with the boy. (CR)

This interview between Mark Laird, statewide employment specialist with Missouri Rehabilitation Services for the Blind, and Gil Johnson, director of American Foundation for the Blind West, describes an innovative rehabilitation model that forges relationships with businesses and has doubled the number of consumers with visual impairments who find…

Examines the mission of a Massachusetts state program responsible for coordinating the placement of children with AIDS in an adoption or foster child program when appropriate. Investigates issues relative to direct care, day care, school attendance and confidentiality in cases with children of AIDS. (RWB)

Describes a program that reaches out to displaced homemakers and gives them the support they need to enter nontraditional training and jobs. Discusses program content, funding, and enrollment; an introductory displaced homemaker class; recruitment methods; career exploration; support services; dropout prevention methods; job placement; and…

Reviews the history of standardized assessment programs for college entrance, with particular emphasis on the community college testing programs. Examines responses of California community colleges to a 1982-83 survey of assessment procedures. Offers recommendations regarding the essential components of effective assessment. (DMM)

Delineates three factors influencing the effectiveness of student placement programs: assessment data utilized, the academic system in which the student is placed, and the institution's commitment to evaluating the placement process. Reviews the procedures, statistical results, and findings of a Delhi College study of the English department…

A study examined local U.S. Employment Service (ES) office placement performance and the role of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) in guiding and monitoring state and local ES program performance. Regression and other statistical methods were used to analyze state and local program performance based on the following: placement data for…

Explores the history of the "least restrictive environment" concept, particularly in relation to designing and providing educational programs for disabled youth; discusses political and economic issues, curriculum-related arguments, and societal attitudes concerning mainstreaming; and identifies factors that can promote or impede…