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Direct linkDosun Ko; Dian Mawene; Yehyang Lee; Sumin Lim; Jahyun Yoo – Exceptional Children, 2025
In the U.S. education system, students of color experience multiple forms of marginalization at the intersection of markers of difference. These injustices manifest in multiple forms, such as higher rates of inappropriate referrals to special education, misidentification, conferring stigmatizing labels, and subsequently placing students of color…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, Equal Education, Racism
Peer reviewedHasazi, Susan Brody; Furney, Katharine S.; Destefano, Lizanne – Exceptional Children, 1999
Presents results of a policy study of implementation of the transition mandates of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Five "model sites" and four "representative sites" were identified and visited. Results of the cross-case analysis focus on factors supporting and posing challenges to implementation. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Policy
Peer reviewedDunst, Carl J.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1991
This analysis of federal laws, state-level policies, and providers' and consumers' viewpoints examines the degree to which family-oriented early intervention policies and practices are family centered. Results indicate a movement toward adoption of family-centered policies and practices, but show discrepancies between state-level policymakers and…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Disabilities, Early Intervention, Educational Legislation
Peer reviewedHasazi, Susan Brody; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1994
This qualitative policy study of 6 states and 12 school districts identified 6 factors that influenced implementation of least restrictive environment provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Factors included financing, the state-local context, organization, advocacy, implementors, and knowledge and values. The study…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy
Peer reviewedMcLaughlin, Margaret J.; Owings, Maria F. – Exceptional Children, 1993
This study, which explored the feasibility of using extant national data to study implementation of special education programs, examined the relationships between (1) state-level fiscal and demographic variables, and (2) identification rates and cumulative placement rates for certain categories of special education students in 1976, 1980, and…
Descriptors: Demography, Disabilities, Economic Factors, Educational Economics
Peer reviewedFurney, Katharine S.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1997
A policy study (1992-94) investigated how three exemplary states have implemented transition services for youth with disabilities. Document evaluation and interviews (N=74) with key policymakers and implementors resulted in identifying seven themes that contributed to the successful initiation and continuation of transition policies, practices,…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
