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Placement of Students with Learning Disabilities
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Simpson, Cynthia G.; Rose, Chad A.; Bakken, Jeffrey P. – Advances in Special Education, 2013
Students with learning disabilities are a large part of the population of students with disabilities as well as the total student body. In fact, for many students the general education classroom is where most of these students acquire their content knowledge. This, however, is not the only school placement in which students can receive services.…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Learning Disabilities, Individualized Education Programs, Comparative Analysis
Predicting Eighth-Grade Algebra Students with Individualized Education Programs
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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
A Comparison of Grade Level Scores on the Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT) and the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS).
Myers, Douglas D. – 1976
Regression analysis was employed to determine if there were any similarities between the tests administered to participants of the Mountain-Plains program, a residential, family-based education program developed to improve the economic potential and lifestyle of selected student families in a six-state area. The study compared the Wide Range…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Basic Skills, Career Education, Comparative Analysis
Individualized Education Programs in Resource and Inclusive Settings: How "Individualized" Are They?
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Espin, Christine A.; Deno, Stanley L.; Albayrak-Kaymak, Deniz – Journal of Special Education, 1998
This study compared Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) for 108 elementary grade students with mild disabilities in either resource or inclusive settings. IEPs for resource students had more service minutes, more long-range goals, used more information sources, indicated better correspondence between IEP components and student ability level,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Disabilities, Elementary Education, Inclusive Schools
Teachers' Conceptions of Specific Learning Disabilities: Relationships to Expectations, Placement, and Programming.
Serafica, Felicisima C.; Learner, Kathy M. – 1989
This study investigated the development of teachers' conceptions of learning disabilities (LD) as a function of experience with pupils having LD. An expert group of 25 LD-certified special education teachers, a transition group of 24 regular classroom teachers of mainstreamed LD pupils, and a novice group of 20 undergraduate special education…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers
How Are Schools Doing? Parental Perceptions of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Down Syndrome and Learning Disabilities: A Comparative Analysis
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Starr, Elizabeth M.; Foy, Janis B.; Cramer, Kenneth M.; Singh, Henareet – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2006
Parents of 209 children (162 males and 46 females) with autism spectrum disorders, Down syndrome or learning disabilities ranging in age from 4 to 21 years were surveyed about their perceptions of the education of their children. Items on the survey were categorized into 7 areas: school personnel's knowledge about the disability, best practices,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Down Syndrome, School Personnel, Learning Disabilities