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How Are Community College Students Assessed and Placed in Developmental Math? Grounding Our Understanding in Reality
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Melguizo, Tatiana; Kosiewicz, Holly; Prather, George; Bos, Johannes – Journal of Higher Education, 2014
The study's main objective was to provide a detailed description of math Assessment and Placement (A&P) policies in the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD). The study was focused on math because a larger proportion of students place into remedial math than remedial reading or English (Bailey, Jeong, & Cho, 2010; Parsad, Lewis,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Student Evaluation, Educational Diagnosis, Student Placement
Transition Tips for Educators Working with Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities
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Cheney, Douglas – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2012
Students with emotional and behavioral disabilities (EBD) have had difficulties in achieving educational, vocational, and community outcomes that would lead to personal success and satisfaction. Some of these outcomes relate to how special education transition programs integrate effective approaches to support success with these students. In this…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Individualized Instruction, Individualized Education Programs, Individualized Programs
Recent Advances in Special Education and Rehabilitation.
Eaves, Ronald C.; McLaughlin, Phillip J. – 1993
This book provides 12 papers on assessment, instruction, and policy making in special education and rehabilitation. Part I focuses on assessment, with the following papers: "A Theory of Human Behavior" (Ronald Eaves); "Describing the Cognitive Aspects of Intelligence" (David Sabatino and Hubert Vance); and "Critical Issues in the Diagnostic…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Educational Diagnosis
Transition Planning: Process or Procedure?
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Wood, David; Trickey, Steve – British Journal of Special Education, 1996
This article reviews transition planning requirements specified in the Code of Practice on the Identification and Assessment of Special Educational Needs in Great Britain and the effectiveness of the requirements. The Code's emphasis on social and independent living skills is discussed, as is the need for schools to balance process and procedure.…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Planning
Critical Issues in Assessment: Let's Take the Mystery out of Assessment for Vocational Preparation, Career Development, and Transition.
Leconte, Pamela J.; And Others – Diagnostique, 1995
Assessment of students with disabilities is addressed in the context of career development, vocational education, and transition. Assessment is viewed as humanistic, therapeutic, holistic, and leading to self-determination and self-advocacy. Profiling, a process of linking a database of aptitude, skills, abilities, and instructional methodology,…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Data Analysis, Disabilities
The Special Educator's Survival Guide, 2nd Edition
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Pierangelo, Roger – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2004
Written for educators who work with special children and teens, this second edition of a best-selling classic offers a practical guide to every facet of the special education teacher's job, from teaching in a self-contained classroom or resource room to serving on a multidisciplinary team. This easy-to-follow format, takes you step by step through…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Disabilities, Special Education Teachers, Self Contained Classrooms