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Exploring Inclusive Education across Europe: Some Insights from the European Agency Statistics on Inclusive Education
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Ramberg, Joacim; Watkins, Amanda – FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 2020
The European Agency Statistics on Inclusive Education (EASIE) work focuses upon the collection and analysis of longitudinal, comparative national data related to inclusive education systems and learners with officially recognised special educational needs (SEN) among its 31 member countries. In this article, the EASIE work is discussed in relation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Students with Disabilities, Regular and Special Education Relationship
Trends in LRE Placement Rates over the Past 25 Years
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Williamson, Pamela; Hoppey, David; McLeskey, James; Bergmann, Erica; Moore, Hanna – Journal of Special Education, 2020
The least restrictive environment (LRE) mandate suggests a preference for educating students with disabilities in general education settings provided their needs can be met there. This study examined national trends in the educational placements of students with disabilities ages 6 to 17 in the 50 states and the District of Columbia from 1990…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Students with Disabilities, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Inclusion
On Defining Learning Disabilities.
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Kirk, Samuel A.; Kirk, Winifred D. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1983
The author traces efforts to define and redefine learning disabilities (LD). The inclusion of children in LD classes who do not meet requirements of the definition is seen as a common yet dangerous practice. (CL)
Descriptors: Definitions, Disability Identification, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
Students with Behavioral Disorders: Determinants of Placement Outcomes.
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Glassberg, Leslie Ann – Behavioral Disorders, 1994
A discriminant analysis of characteristics of students with behavioral disorders in three progressively more intensive placements indicated that age at time of diagnosis was the strongest discriminating variable contributing to placement outcomes. Younger, brighter students tended to be mainstreamed, and older students with more externalizing…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Disorders, Disability Identification, Intelligence