The author refutes six allegations concerning both methods of identifying the retarded and programs for educating them. (Author/CB)

Results of an evaluation on the program effectiveness of the administration of Project 750 are provided. Project 750 is described to involve the removing of Massachusetts children suffering moderate to severe emotional disturbance from regular classrooms and placing them in special classes designed to maximize the children's educational potential…

Examined was the relative effectiveness of four Ontario programs in integrating 195 hearing impaired elementary and secondary students into regular classrooms. Ss in settings classified as full integration, integration with itinerant help, partial integration, and partial segregation were given tests of hearing threshold, aural and oral…

Seven of 14 high school students with learning disabilities were placed in a resource room. Results were mixed, but staff affirmed the need for a special program. Learning disability programs in the elementary schools underlying the high school were proposed. Also, programs at 12 other high schools were reviewed along with the literature on the…

Initiated in 1964, the Illnois gifted program provided funds for development of local gifted programs by local districts. General purposes and criteria for individual programs were realized with varying success. Gifted programs increased and were extended to less wealthy and smaller districts; techniques and inservice education spilled over into…