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Are We Moving toward Educating Students with Disabilities in Less Restrictive Settings?
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McLeskey, James; Landers, Eric; Williamson, Pamela; Hoppey, David – Journal of Special Education, 2012
The least restrictive environment (LRE) mandate provides a preference for educating students with disabilities in general education classrooms while allowing separate class services as necessary to meet student needs. This study investigated changes in national LRE placement trends for students with disabilities from 1990-1991 through 2007-2008.…
Descriptors: General Education, Learning Disabilities, Student Needs, Behavior Disorders
School Counselor Assignment in Secondary Schools: Replication and Extension
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Williamson, Jennifer L. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Before school counselors can carry out the duties and responsibilities outlined as part of a comprehensive school counseling program, they must know which students they are responsible for helping. The topic of assigning students to school counselors has only recently been seen in the educational research arena in a study by Akos, Schuldt, and…
Descriptors: School Counselors, Secondary Schools, Placement, Academic Achievement
Placement Tools for Developmental Mathematics and Intermediate Algebra
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Donovan, William J.; Wheland, Ethel R. – Journal of Developmental Education, 2008
This paper investigates the placement of students at an urban Ohio college campus in developmental mathematics and Intermediate Algebra courses. We have found that the ACT Mathematics and COMPASS Domain I (Algebra) Placement scores both correlate well with success in the Intermediate Algebra course and that, although females have lower placement…
Descriptors: Placement, Algebra, College Students, Mathematics Education
The Effect of Grade-Level Retention on Student Success as Defined by the Student Success Initiative of Texas
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Christenson, Barbara Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Public education in the United States is currently enveloped in an era of intense accountability. At the national level the "No Child Left Behind Act," demands accountability in any district or school receiving federal funds One of the goals of the No Child Left Behind legislation had its roots in the Texas education accountability…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Grade 8, Grade 5, Grade 4
"It's a Big Mystery, Isn't It?" Mitigating Placement Challenges with a Model of Student Teacher Placement Decision-Making
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Parot-Juraska, Maribeth – Online Submission, 2009
This phenomenological study explores how external forces, internal motivations and environmental conditions may influence school personnel when considering placement requests. Seidman's three-stage interview process was implemented to conduct semi-structured interviews with five principals and five teachers in a large, urban school district. Four…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Student Teachers, Urban Schools, Placement
Charting a New Course for the Richmond Public Schools. Report of the Strategic Support Teams of the Council of the Great City Schools
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Council of the Great City Schools, 2003
The Council of the Great City Schools prepared this report to summarize findings and recommendations that the organization's Strategic Support Teams made during visits to the Richmond Public Schools in the Fall 2003. These teams were requested by the Richmond schools' superintendent and funded by the U.S. Department of Education to review school…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Public Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Poverty