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Peer reviewedSheehan, Robert; Keogh, Barbara K. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1981
Demonstrating program impact through documentation of child progress is a problem in programs for handicapped children. It is proposed that intervenors consider approaches closely tied to the actual interventions. Four strategies are described: increased magnitude of intervention, increased power of design, refined assessment procedures, and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Data Analysis, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedTurnbull, 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
Peer reviewedEscobar, Colette M.; And Others – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1988
Contingent valuation (CV) is used to obtain more complete estimates of the economic value of benefits of preschool education for handicapped children. A general approach for use of CV in cost-benefit analysis of educational programs and use of the CV interview with 80 parents of handicapped preschoolers are described. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Disabilities, Economic Research, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedAltschuld, J. W.; Downhower, S. G. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1980
The Education for All Handicapped Children Act mandates a free and appropriate education for all handicapped children between the ages of 3-18 (to be extended to 3-21 by 1981). The premises upon which the act was formulated as well as its provisions are described. (RL)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Disabilities, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education
