Exceptional Children articles from January 2003

Exceptional Children archives from January 2003

Attitudes of elementary school principals toward the inclusion of students with disabilities.
January 1, 2003... Over the last 2 decades, inclusion has become a critical part of the reform effort to improve the delivery of services to students with disabilities by focusing on the placement of these students in the general education setting. In an...

Participation and accommodation in state assessment: the role of individualized education programs.
January 1, 2003... Throughout the existence of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997 (IDEA), the centerpiece of service delivery and accountability has been the student's individualized education program (IEP). In light of educational reform...

Critical social skills for adolescents with high incidence disabilities: parental perspectives.
January 1, 2003... Curricula for students with disabilities can be divided into academic and nonacademic areas. Social competence and social skills are considered within the nonacademic areas. Traditionally, the emphasis on social skills has been overshadowed by...

Intervention-based assessment: evaluation rates and eligibility findings.
January 1, 2003... Rates of evaluation and subsequent placement of children in special education programs have increased over the last 2 decades, especially for mild disabilities such as "specific learning disability" (U.S. Department of Education, 1995). The...

Stakeholders' views of factors that impact successful interagency collaboration.
January 1, 2003... Our nation is witnessing the downsizing of governmental agencies and the merging of many private corporations in order to capitalize on the largest number of resources at the lowest cost. Interagency collaboration is at the cornerstone of this...

An experimental analysis of accommodation decisions on large-scale mathematics tests.
January 1, 2003... ********** TEACHERS' ACCOMMODATION ASSIGNMENT Due to recent mandates to include all students in large-scale testing (e.g., No Child Left Behind Act of 2002, IDEA 1997, and Improving America's Schools Act of 1994), increased attention...

Ascertaining the adequacy, scope, and utility of district evaluations.
January 1, 2003... The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) outlines several procedural safeguards for parents of students with disabilities. One of these is the opportunity to obtain an independent educational evaluation (IEE) if the parent...