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Download full textScull, Janie; Winkler, Amber M. – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2011
This report examines trends in the number of special-education students and personnel at both the national and state levels from 2000-01 to 2009-10. It finds that the overall population of special-education students, after decades of increases, peaked in the 2004-05 school year and has declined since. But within this population, individual…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Emotional Disturbances, Learning Disabilities, Disability Identification
Shobo, Yetty; Meharie, Anduamlak; Hammer, Patricia Cahape; Hixson, Nate – West Virginia Department of Education, 2012
This study examines the results of the Alternative Identification and Reporting (AIR) program, which promoted the nonuse of disability labels for students receiving special education under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (i.e., students who would previously have been identified as having an emotional/behavioral disorder, specific…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Students with Disabilities, Labeling (of Persons), Special Education
Direct linkKauffman, James M., Ed.; Hallahan, Daniel P., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
Special education is now an established part of public education in the United States--by law and by custom. However, it is still widely misunderstood and continues to be dogged by controversies related to such things as categorization, grouping, assessment, placement, funding, instruction, and a variety of legal issues. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Special Education, Educational History, Educational Research, Research Design
