School policy which emphasizes the placement of handicapped children in the regular classroom has received acclaim both as a step toward equity and as an attempt to improve the academic learning and social adjustment of handicapped students. Although new teachers entering the system are better prepared than ever before to face the difficulties…

The educational system of Haiti is described, and guidelines for placement of Haitian students in U.S. schools at the secondary and postsecondary levels are presented. An introductory section covers Haiti's history, government, language, religion, school organization and administration, public and private education, and recent reforms. In addition…

The paper recommends that young children with disabilities be placed in preschool classes with normally developing children whenever possible. Significant benefits are cited in the areas of social, emotional, and communication development when children with handicapping conditions are educated in settings with their nonhandicapped peers. Four…

The handbook is designed to explain to parents of handicapped children in Wisconsin their roles and responsibilities in special education procedures of identification, evaluation, and placement. Specific aspects of Wisconsin state law are explained as well as federal statutes (P.L. 94-142 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973). The…

The last of 16 booklets designed for use in an Open University course on the education of handicapped students in the United Kingdom, this text focuses on integration and ways it might be pursued. Questions are posed for the student to answer concerning various aspects of integration, including the amount of centralization needed, the effects of…

In 1981, a survey was conducted to determine the methods used in Arizona community colleges to place students in English composition courses. Questionnaires concerning placement practices were sent to 32 community college administrators, and 21 usable responses were returned. Study findings included the following: (1) while no college required an…

The purpose of the essay portion of the New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Test is to identify students whose English language skills are not sufficiently strong to ensure that they can successfully manage the writing required in regular freshman classes. Students are given 20 minutes to read and respond to the essay topic. The essays…

The assessment/advisement/placement process utilized at Sacramento City College (SCC) includes a waiver system designed to meet the needs of those students who have demonstrated proficiency by means other than the usual assessment process. In fall 1983, 506 students were permitted to enroll in a variety of classes on the basis of having taken a…

The paper describes a vocational program combining assessment and training of handicapped students through a centralized vocational assessment center, parent/student counseling, community survey of occupational opportunities, and curriculum modification and development. Three levels of assessment are conducted (prevocational skills, interests and…

Fourteen sites attempting to integrate 245 severely handicapped students (aged 3-22) with non-handicapped children were examined. Trained observers recorded social interaction between handicapped and non-handicapped students, incorporating macroscopic and microscopic views. Adaptive behavior of each S was also measured, as was teacher and school…

A program director at an Ontario school for the blind discusses the phenomenon of giftedness in blind students. A section on identification addresses factors involved in IQ measurement, language, creative and productive thinking, high capacity for seeing diverse relationships, goal oriented behavior, sensitivity to expectations and feelings of…

The paper reviews literature on placement of mentally retarded students and the effects on adaptive behavior. Research cites the importance of social skills, intervention to benefit from integrated placement and touches upon the role of nonhandicapped peer trainers. Among findings noted are an increase in constructive peer interactions resulting…

Grouping students to facilitate instruction alone, instructional delivery systems which maintain student dependency on teachers, the practice of teaching to disseminate information without mastery, class norm-referenced grading practices, and study habits which focus on getting grades, help produce the educational dilemma faced today. In mastery…

This document describes and evaluates the Evaluation and Placement Program initially funded in 1971 under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. In the 1973-74 year a unit operated in each of the five N.Y. city boroughs. The present study surveyed the centers to determine the number of children processed, the speed of the…