Defines placement to include any and all activities designed to assist students accomplish the transition from one career role to the next desired level of career preparation, procurement, or advancement. Priority is given to those activities which are designed to promote student independence in career placement. (WL)

Goal 1 of the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Strategic Plan, "Our Call to Action: Pursuit of Excellence" (MCPS, 2004), is to "Ensure Success for Every Student." One measure of success for students who plan to attend college is their preparation for college-level course work. The Advanced Placement (AP) program offers MCPS students an…

Parents of a child who may receive special education, have certain rights that are guaranteed by federal law: the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). These rights are listed in this brochure and include parental rights to participate in meetings dealing with the identification, evaluation, and educational placement of your child…

This paper addresses the segregation of student populations that results from adoption of multitrack year-round school attendance calendars. Its focus of analysis is the link between student achievement and the use of a multitrack year-round education (YRE) program to structure student attendance. Data for this study consist of achievement test…

This technical assistance paper is intended to provide updated guidance for Florida educators of students with disabilities concerning changes in identification, free appropriate public education (FAPE), placement, or dismissal from special education. Following an introductory section presenting the background, purpose, and relevant terms, the…

This examination of the interim alternative educational setting for the school discipline of students with disabilities focuses on the legal requirements and their application under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act as amended in 1997. Following an introductory background chapter, the concept of interim alternative educational…

For the past two years, Achieve, Inc. has worked with the Transition Mathematics Project (TMP), a collaborative project of K-12 schools, community and technical colleges, and baccalaureate institutions within the state of Washington, as it developed mathematics standards that "define the core knowledge and skills expected of students entering…

This monograph provides an overview of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), its regulations, and relevant case law regarding parentally-placed students with disabilities in private schools. Following a brief review of early judicial decisions and the IDEA regulations concerning parental placements, a summary of current IDEA…

This report examines whether students at risk for academic failure are achieving success in Kentucky's alternative schools. Alternative schools serve as a placement both for students who disrupt the mainstream classroom and for those who need academic remediation. Such mixed placements may not provide a quality education for students having only…

This report discusses the outcomes of a study that examined how special education services were being provided in four elementary schools in the Austin Independent School District in the 1997-98 school year: Brentwood, Dawson, Pillow, and Zavala. The study's intention was to determine how much, if any, inclusion of students with disabilities in…

This report discusses the outcomes of a project that investigated which districts in Mississippi identify gifted students with disabilities and the aspects of the referral to placement process for gifted education that made identification of twice-exceptional students possible. While it was initially thought that Mississippi's referral to…

The North Carolina Pretest?Grade 3 is administered to all grade 3 students during the first three weeks of school. The pretest measures the knowledge and skills specified for grade 2 from the reading and mathematics goals and objectives of the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. The pretest is used in the determination of growth in student…

In a letter written to a guidance counselor, a recent graduate details her problems and discoveries in job-seeking in advertising in New York City. (NJ)

Due to rising educational costs private colleges have a hard time competing with public colleges. However, the private college offering vocational education will continue to flourish as long as it provides the highest quality career education and a superb placement service for its graduates. (DS)

This paper reports on a project designed to examine how typical students of business and engineering went about choosing and being chosen by the organization for which they were going to work. (Author)