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Somers, Cheryl L.; Goutman, Rachel L.; Day, Angelique; Enright, Oliva; Crosby, Shantel; Taussig, Heather – Psychology in the Schools, 2020
Research shows that youth in foster care experience poor academic performance and disciplinary actions in school more frequently than do non-foster care youth. The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to further examine youth in foster care and the relationship between individual/intrapersonal factors (future orientation and school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foster Care, Outcomes of Education, Student School Relationship
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Sansosti, Jenine M.; Sansosti, Frank J. – Psychology in the Schools, 2012
General education placements are believed to offer numerous benefits for students with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders (HFASDs), yet decisions about including students with HFASDs remain controversial. This article presents data from a qualitative analysis of definitions and decision making considerations for a school district with a…
Descriptors: General Education, Student Placement, Decision Making, Definitions
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Martin, Stacy D.; Shapiro, Edward S. – Psychology in the Schools, 2011
The purpose of this investigation was to examine the accuracy of teachers' judgments of students' early literacy skills and to determine if students' achievement levels influenced teachers' judgments. Typical and lower-achieving kindergarten and first-grade students' scores on the Nonsense Word Fluency and Phoneme Segmentation Fluency measures of…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Teacher Attitudes, Measures (Individuals), Reliability
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Kern, Lee; Hilt-Panahon, Alexandra; Sokol, Natalie G. – Psychology in the Schools, 2009
Students identified as having emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) experience the poorest educational outcomes among any disability group. Although models of intervention and corresponding evidence-based practices continue to advance, the promise of new approaches has failed to reach the general population of students with EBD. In this…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Outcomes of Education, Behavior Disorders, Educational Change