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Karolyn Maurer – ProQuest LLC, 2024
As per the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (2004), students who receive school-based special education services must be educated in the least restrictive environment and participate in the general education curriculum used for instruction of all students. This includes students with extensive support needs who may require…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Secondary School Students, Nontraditional Education, Student Participation
Bond, Sarah – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to identify and describe what correlations, if any, exist between the composite Phelps Kindergarten Readiness Scale (PKRS) score, the visual-perceptual subtest of the PKRS, and reading achievement by the end of grade one. The quantitative data used in this study were the PKRS scores from 421 students…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Mixed Methods Research, Kindergarten, Reading Teachers
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Faulkner, Valerie N.; Crossland, Cathy L.; Stiff, Lee V. – Exceptional Children, 2013
This study investigated the extent to which student performance and teacher perception of student performance affect placement in eighth-grade mathematics classes for students with disabilities. Authors used the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study--Kindergarten dataset to investigate how each of the following factors predicted placement in…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Algebra, Mathematics Instruction, Academic Achievement
Allen, Anthony G. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 1975 has made a profound impact on millions of children with disabilities who now enjoy their right to a free appropriate public education (FAPE). It is the goal of national policy, endorsed by Congress, to ensure equality of opportunity, full participation, independent living, and economic…
Descriptors: African American Students, Socioeconomic Status, Mild Mental Retardation, Racial Composition