In Holland, it recently has been recognized that minority students are underrepresented in schools for learning disabled (LD) and are overrepresented in schools for the educable mentally retarded (EMR). In 1983, a study was begun in Rotterdam to determine why some students of Surinamese, Turkish, and Moroccan origin were placed in schools for the…

Reports a study which concerned the consequences of intelligence testing for special education programs: the data allowed examination of some of the characteristics of students who had been placed in classes for the mentally retarded before and after desegregation of the public schools. (Author/JM)

Described in the second of six documents on the community adjustment of deinstitutionalized mentally retarded persons are national patterns (1972-1974) of community placement for 13,158 people returning to the community. Information from the questionnaires completed by 154 institutions is analyzed according to sample characteristics (age of…

Use of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) in placing students with seminar leaders in an undergraduate childhood education course was investigated. Eight null hypotheses were tested individually for six areas of student perception: perception of self-in-general; self-as-teacher; self-related-to-others; others; the Childhood Education Program;…

A placement service finds that nothing can beat a computerized student retrieval system, one that is tailored to their needs and several generations more advanced than their initial "Shoebox." (Author)

This article was based on a research study funded by the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health.

Intended for physical education teachers, the booklet provides guidelines for services as identified under Georgia special education requirements. An initial section offers general guidelines for consideration of student placement in specially designed physical education programs. A following section describes regular and adapted physical…

A rationale is presented for an honors approach to remedial algebra instruction. Beginning with questions to be considered in the initial placement of students, the paper suggests that remedial students be enrolled at a level low enough to provide them with a reasonable chance to be good, even honors, students. It goes on to identify and contrast…

This report provides data collected in a study of the primary school reading curriculum of the Austin (Texas) Independent School District. The two sections of the report contain a summary of data gathered from interviews conducted with 80 teachers from the 58 elementary schools in the district to determine their attitudes toward the reading…

The Langugage Proficiency Assessment Committees (LPACs) authorized by Congress were given the responsibility of assessing limited-English-speaking students within a school district and making placement recommendations regarding these students to the local school board. This packet consists of a variety of materials, mostly handouts to assist in…

Three alternative methods for placing post-secondary students into freshman English or remedial writing classes are compared. The study contrasted: (1) a proposed system-wide test combining multiple choice and essay scores; (2) the holistic essay scoring procedures used at separate university campuses; and (3) an analytic scoring rubric developed…

The data reported here represent the major findings of a number of Institute for Research on Learning Disabilities (IRLD) research studies. The relevant research reports are listed in Appendix A. A summary of the findings is provided in Appendix B. These findings are summarized in two general areas: (a) information on contemporary assessment…

Problems facing the Pacific Basin Territories' attempt to implement P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, include lack of felt need for services to mildly handicapped students, lack of accommodation for cultural values in the law, and confused communications concerning the development of special education. Further…

Preliminary results of an ongoing investigation of the effects of regular school placement on hearing impaired children in Skane, Sweden, are reported. A pilot survey of about 20 pupils, their parents, teachers, and headmasters was conducted for the purpose of developing a questionnaire. Questionnaires were sent to parents, teachers, and…

Fifty-nine educable mentally retarded (EMR) students and 330 nonhandicapped high school students from mainstream classes completed semantic differential ratings of a stereotypic Popular Teenager, Juvenile Delinquent, and Special Education Student. Ss also rated their global self concepts and situation specific self concepts within the mainstream…