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Cahalan, Cara – 2000
Testing organizations have recently been scrutinized because of the perception that affluent, white male students from the northeast are falsely claiming disabilities to gain extended time on standardized tests for college admission. In response to these assertions, the percentage of learning disabled test takers on the SAT I: Reasoning Test is…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Geographic Regions, High School Students, High Schools
Boe, Erling E.; And Others – 1993
This study evaluated turnover of special education teachers by providing national estimates of the numbers of special education teachers who (1) were retained by their school, (2) were reassigned to a different school within the district, (3) migrated to another district, or (4) left public school teaching. Numbers were drawn from the 1987-88…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Mobility
O'Connell, Joanne Curry – 1988
This conference paper describes demographics of the Native American population, their disability rate, and their utilization of rehabilitation services. Findings indicate that: (1) in 1980, almost half of the American Indian population was under 20 years of age and that the birthrate among American Indians was twice that of other groups; (2) in…
Descriptors: Adults, Alcohol Abuse, American Indians, Birth Rate
Kirkland, C. Eric; And Others – 1995
In view of the dramatic increase in the use of television in the classroom, this study examines whether television captioning, technological enhancements to captioning like highlighting key concepts, and the presence or absence of other "advance organizers" in the classroom affect the comprehension and preferences of students with learning…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Captions, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Measurement
Regnier, William L. – 1998
This paper compared the performance of 22 seventh-grade controls in a traditional special education program with at least one period of resource room instruction to the performance of 22 students in a supportive inclusionary model program. In each group, there were 17 students with learning disabilities and 5 students with behavior disorders.…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Academic Achievement, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Problems