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Inclusive Comprehension Strategy Instruction: Reciprocal Teaching and Adolescents with Intellectual Disability
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Hovland, Jessica B. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2020
The ability to read independently is essential for success in high school, college, and most careers. Students with disabilities must be able to comprehend literally and inferentially to meet the demands of the general education curriculum and navigate the complex political, social, and economic environment of the 21st century (King- Sears &…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Teaching Methods, Reciprocal Teaching, Reading Comprehension
Examining the Use of Classroom Observations in the Evaluation of Special Education Teachers
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Jones, Nathan D.; Brownell, Mary T. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2014
A primary focus of recent educational policymaking has been on improving measures of teaching effectiveness, attributable in part to recent federal policies such as the Race to the Top initiative and Investing in Innovation. To date, neither researchers nor practitioners have arrived at a consensus on the best methods for evaluating special…
Descriptors: Special Education, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Evaluation, Observation
Helping Educators Discuss Responsiveness to Intervention with Parents and Students. Q&A. Winter 2007
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Fuchs, Lynn S.; Mellard, Daryl F. – National Research Center on Learning Disabilities, 2007
Responsiveness to intervention (RTI) is proposed as a valuable construct for schools because of its potential utility in providing appropriate learning experiences for all students as well as the early identification of students as being at risk for academic failure. RTI can be conceptualized as providing a framework for systemic reform directed…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Learning Disabilities, At Risk Students, Response to Intervention
The Effects of Institutional Variables, Teacher Background Variables, Teacher Preparedness, and Teachers' Performance Drivers on Teachers' Attitudes toward Students with Learning Disabilities in the Inclusive Classroom
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Abercrombie, Diane D. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
As a result of the passage of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975, school systems are required to provide a free and appropriate education for all children with disabilities. This legislation was further supported by The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA), which guarantees all students with…
Descriptors: Inclusion, General Education, Learning Disabilities, Program Effectiveness
Meeting the Supply/Demand Requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
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Lauritzen, Paul; Friedman, Stephen J. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1993
This paper describes the current status of teacher supply and demand in both special and general education, presents examples of the kinds of data and analyses which comply with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and discusses how educational policymaking might be affected by the mandate to project future personnel needs. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Data Analysis, Data Collection, Disabilities
Special Education Workforce [and] Projecting the Special Education Demand/Supply Data Management Problems.
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Parshall, Lucian – 1993
The first of two papers compares two models (the market based model and the prevalence model) for analyzing data from annual state surveys to determine future special education personnel needs and discusses critical issues in data collection. These data are required under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act which asks states to project…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Data Collection, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education