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Download full textNational Information Center for Handicapped Children and Youth, Washington, DC. – 1988
The monograph interprets individualized education program (IEP) requirements of Part B of Public Law 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. After introductory information outlining the purpose of the IEP and basic IEP requirements, a question and answer format of 60 questions provides specific details. Nine inserts highlight major…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compliance (Legal), Decision Making, Disabilities
Sworder, Steven – 1990
In 1989, Saddleback College's (SC's) English composition assessment process was evaluated to determine its success in placing students in appropriate courses. To gain entrance to one of SC's three composition courses, students must complete a prerequisite course or take the College English Placement Test (CEPT) and, at the option of the student,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission (School), Associate Degrees, College English
Ysseldyke, James E.; And Others – 1986
This report documents a study which used naturalistic procedures and a case study approach to examine and describe four early childhood special education programs and their decision making processes. Data collection procedures included: observation of meetings, classroom activities, screening, and assessment procedures; interviews with various…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Decision Making, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
Anderegg, M. L.; Vergason, Glenn A. – 1990
One of the changes advocated by the Regular Education Initiative (REI) is the placement of all students with disabilities in regular education classes. This paper analyzes this REI proposal and discusses four objections, with citations to relevant literature: (1) restriction of the continuum of services, which may result in students being put…
Descriptors: Accountability, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Educational Change
Valdes, Kathryn A.; And Others – 1990
The National Longitudinal Transition Study of Special Education Students (NLTS) was Congressionally mandated to provide information regarding the transition of youth with disabilities from secondary school to early adulthood. Data were collected for more than 8,000 special education students, ages 13-21. The study design involved a survey of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Practices, Enrollment
Reynolds, Arthur J. – 1990
This study investigated factors that play a role in the fading effects of prekindergarten programs for economically disadvantaged children. The school adjustment of 1,284 low-income, minority children in prekindergarten and kindergarten programs funded by the government (i.e., Child Parent Center; Head Start) was traced through the third year of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Early Experience, Economically Disadvantaged
Nelson, David; Bringewatt, Marg – 1986
The Minnesota Department of Education's Office of Community and Adult Basic Education commissioned an evaluation the 18 adult refugee English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) programs funded in 1985-86 through the Minnesota Refugee Program Office of the Department of Human Services. The purpose of the evaluation was to identify effective practices and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Educational Strategies, English (Second Language)
Rogers, Rick – 1986
Sixty-six local education authorities (LEAs) in England and Wales responded to a request for sets of guidelines on the 1981 Education Act they have provided for headteachers, teaching staff, and educational psychologists. The Act recommends that parents and older children be fully involved as partners in the process of assessment and placement of…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Disabilities, Due Process, Educational Legislation
Griffith, Linda – 1985
Intended for parents of exceptional children in Alaska, this booklet briefly defines the handicapping conditions that make a child exceptional and then describes programs in Alaska available to parents and their exceptional children. The Child Find program, which identifies exceptional children and ensures that they receive appropriate educational…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicap Identification
Mackey, William F. – 1987
Second-language and native-language methodologies are equally inappropriate as a foundation for the language training of cultural minorities. Second-language methodologies are based on the assumption that the language is to be acquired in school, as either a subject or a school activity. The relationship between teaching and learning is taken for…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Classroom Techniques, Educational Objectives, Educational Strategies
Designs for Change, Chicago, IL. – 1982
This report examines the problem of misclassification of children into classes for the educable mentally handicapped (EMH) in the Chicago (Illinois) Public Schools. The report claims that 7,000 out of 12,000 students assigned to EMH classes do not belong there and could be moved back to regular classes with extra help; most of these misclassified…
Descriptors: Black Students, Educational Malpractice, Educational Responsibility, Educationally Disadvantaged
National Child Labor Committee, New York, NY. – 1983
This manual is intended to assist teacher-coordinators in presenting the cooperative education story and recruiting appropriate work stations for cooperative education students. It consists of three sections. Discussed in the first section are such techniques for presenting cooperative education to the community of employers as stage setting and…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs, Information Dissemination, Instructor Coordinators
Chinatown Resources Development Center, San Francisco, CA. – 1985
This resource guide provides practical information to educators directly involved with vocational education for the limited-English-proficient (LEP) population. Part I describes the nine major features of promising vocational education programs for LEP students: program approach, program duration, institutional support, staff commitment,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Job Development, Job Placement
Toole, Amy L.; And Others – 1983
The report presents information gathered in a 1982 survey of over 400 public and private agencies serving preschool handicapped children in New York state. The information is organized into 60 recommendations for improving services in six key areas (sample subtopics in parentheses): (1) identification, evaluation, and placement (screening, use of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Disabilities, Eligibility
Golub, Lester S. – 1984
In 1981, the Bilingual Placement and Monitoring Instructional Support System (BPMIS) Center in the School District of Lancaster (Pennsylvania) was established. Partially supported by Title VII funds, the Center provides comprehensive services to assure sound educational placement, continuous monitoring, successful transition into all…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
