The decision to mainstream a child into the least restrictive environment opens up a variety of possibilities. The author surveys the mainstreaming options available in public schools, ranging from regular class placement to custodial care. (Part of a theme issue on mainstreaming.) (Editor/SJL)

Overrepresentation of minorities in special education classes and bias in IQ tests that allegedly underlies such placements are discussed in regard to the use of psychological tests for educational classification. Concludes that the use of tests, rather than the tests themselves, leads to discriminatory placement. Suggests solutions to this…

Moderate correlations were observed between the grade point average and nonverbal battery IQ scores of the Lorge Thorndike Intelligence Test administered to 27 elementary school students representing 12 countries during their first semester at a private American school overseas. Reasons are cited for additional research needs in the United States…

Assists those in the field to understand where federal law stands today. Presented is updated information regarding legal topics of most import to college placement and recruitment. (Author)

Reviews literature on the benefits to emotionally disturbed children of mainstreaming versus special class placement. Findings are inconclusive. (SJL)

Used a computer simulation of psychoeducational decision making to study the assessment and decision-making process. Results indicated scores on achievement tests, intelligence tests, and the disparity between the two had the greatest influence on eligibility, classification, and prognostic decisions. Decision makers indicated they were not…

Presents a conception of teacher decision making and identifies several questions about the planning of reading instruction. Describes studies of grouping students for reading instruction and examines them for the answers they provide to questions about the planning of reading instruction. (MKM)

Because the physically disabled student must adjust to his/her inclusion into a nonhandicapped environment and to large group instruction simultaneously, the preparation of inservice teachers and nonhandicapped students should acquaint them with the physical, psychosocial, and academic factors associated with handicaps. (JN)

Cautions that weighting errors on an oral reading test in line with miscue analysis procedures can lead to inappropriate independent reading level placement. (MKM)

The article explores implications of the noncategorization of exceptional students. One area of concern is that those children who fail in school will be lumped together with handicapped children, which, the author asserts, does an obvious disservice to both. (PHR)

The implementation of a bilingual special education alternative is imperative if the "double-edged" effects of these students' language barrier and handicapping conditions are to be neutralized. (Author/JM)

Discusses how six variables (the government, demographics, technology, the economy, the placement profession, and the values of students) will continue to affect job placement for college graduates. (Author)

School psychologists (30 Ss), learning disabilities teachers (51 Ss), regular class teachers (33 Ss), and learning disabilities supervisors (16 Ss), were asked to rate the importance of 41 criteria for determining a learning disabled child's readiness for mainstreaming. (Author/SBH)

The authors rejoin E. Sontag, N. Certo, and J. Button's response (EC 115 030) to their original position (EC 115 029) on educational programing for the severely and profoundly retarded. (Author/SBH)

To improve cooperative programs by selecting qualified students, Manchester High School in Chesterfield County, Virginia, uses teamwork in the form of a screening committee consisting of the principal, assistant principals, program coordinators, and guidance counselors to review student applications, examine student records, and interview the…