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Download full textERIC Clearinghouse on Handicapped and Gifted Children, Reston, VA. – 1988
A summary is presented of a 2-year ethnographic study of the intake process (involving assessment, placement, and educational programming) of 12 Hispanic deaf and hearing-impaired children, aged 3-8. The study, titled "Schooling the Different: Ethnographic Case Studies of Hispanic Deaf Children's Initiation into Formal Schooling" by Adrian…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Case Studies, Deafness, Educational Diagnosis
Patton, James R.; Polloway, Edward A. – 1988
The purpose of this chapter is to review the major curricular orientations which can be found in special education settings for students with mental disabilities. Program orientations differ along two primary dimensions: the amount of time students spend in special settings or with special education personnel, and the extent to which the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Curriculum, Educational Practices
Appenzellar, Anne B.; Kelley, H. Paul – 1988
The Measurement and Evaluation Center of the University of Texas (Austin) conducted a validity study to assist the Department of Management Science and Information (DMSI) at the College of Business Administration in establishing a program of credit by examination for an introductory course in electronic data processing--Data Processing Analysis…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, College Credits, College Freshmen, Computer Science Education
Indiana State Dept. of Education, Indianapolis. Div. of Special Education. – 1987
The guide is intended as an information resource for school counselors in their interactions with emotionally handicapped (EH) students and their teachers. Following a definition of EH students, the first of seven brief chapters uses a question-and-answer format to discuss the counselor's role in student assessment and the individualized education…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Counselor Role, Educational Diagnosis
Haderlie, Brian M.; Cockriel, Irvin W. – 1988
This description of the student outcomes assessment programs at community and junior colleges in Missouri provides an overview of the programs, a summary of the position of the Missouri Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC) on assessment, and brief reports on the assessment programs of MACJC members. After introductory comments…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Community Colleges, Educational Assessment
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. – 1986
The first in a series of state publications providing suggestions to school districts for serving limited-English-proficient (LEP) students, the handbook on initial student assessment, student placement, and continuing monitoring contains recommendations for nine procedures and appropriate forms for carrying them out. The procedures are to: (1)…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Check Lists, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Woods, Jacqueline E. – 1985
A survey of testing practices at two-year colleges was conducted by the American College Testing Program (ACT) and the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges (AACJC) to gather information about the use of tests in admissions, placement, and program completion. A questionnaire was distributed to 1,303 two-year institutions,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, Community Colleges
Smith, Harland D. – 1985
This handbook is intended to assist vocational instructors in replicating the program to provide non-sheltered work experience to severely handicapped individuals. The first section is a description of the original program that was developed through the coordinated efforts of staff from three vocational schools in Kentucky. Included in the next…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Job Placement, Job Training, Normalization (Handicapped)
Mueller, Ernest H. – 1985
The Oak Park Plan, implemented in the Oak Park (Illinois) School District, was a 2-year (1983-85) project designed to correct four perceived problems: (1) low achievement levels in math for 40 percent of the students; (2) ineffective remedial instruction; (3) declining enrollment requiring an adjustment in personnel resources and service levels;…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Class Size, Classroom Techniques, Educational Strategies
Sawyer, Robert N. – 1985
The essay defends the purposes, selection procedures, programs, and philosophy of the Duke University (North Carolina) Talent Identification Program (TIP), which offers systematic identification of and programming for verbally and mathematically precocious students. The Duke University effort was undertaken to fill a need unmet at federal and…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academically Gifted, Admission Criteria, Aptitude Tests
Loovis, E. Michael – 1980
Physical education for special populations is a full-fledged sociological and educational movement. Issues concerning adapted physical education teachers involve improving the services of responsible educators, possible futures for adapted physical education,, and the true situation of physical education for the handicapped today. Issues which…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Disabilities, Educational Responsibility, Exceptional Persons
Rhode Island Coll., Providence. Dept. of Nursing. – 1982
Rhode Island College's innovative program of baccalaureate education for registered nurses is described, and guidelines and materials used in the program are included. The federally funded project was designed to: identify the competencies the registered nurse (RN) applicant brings to the program and place the student accordingly; develop a…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Clinical Experience, Curriculum Guides, Educational Innovation
Pace, R. Elwood; And Others – 1981
The manual presents Utah's rules and regulations for education programs serving handicapped students. Regulations touch upon the following topics (sample subtopics in parentheses): responsibilities of the State Office of Education (authority to make policy); child identification (child find and screening, referral, evaluation/classification…
Descriptors: Certification, Definitions, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
van der Linden, Wim J. – 1985
This paper reviews recent research in the Netherlands on the application of decision theory to test-based decision making about personnel selection and student placement. The review is based on an earlier model proposed for the classification of decision problems, and emphasizes an empirical Bayesian framework. Classification decisions with…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Classification, Cutting Scores, Decision Making
Lindelow, John – Research Roundup, 1985
This publication focuses on the retention/promotion debate regarding failing and low-achieving students. An introductory essay describes the inherent limitation in the research done on this issue--the impossibility of obtaining an appropriate control group--and suggests that the retention/promotion quandary can best be resolved by accommodating…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Age Grade Placement, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Repetition
