Exceptional Children articles from March 2004

Exceptional Children archives from March 2004

Curriculum, assessment, and accountability in day treatment and residential schools.
March 22, 2004... The demand for increased accountability for schools and school districts has been among the most visible and controversial of the educational reforms undertaken in the United States. Improved student performance on assessments and other...

A 3-year study of middle, junior high, and high school IEP meetings.
March 22, 2004... The Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 (Public Law 94-142) established that individualized education programs (IEPs) guide the educational experience of public school students with disabilities (Goldstein & Turnbull, 1982). This...

What research says about vocabulary instruction for students with learning disabilities.
March 22, 2004... The importance of vocabulary knowledge to school success, in general, and reading comprehension, in particular, is widely documented (Anderson & Nagy, 1991; Baker, Simmons, & Kame'enui, 1998; Becker, 1977; Cunningham & Stanovich, 1998)....

A tale of two decades: trends in support for federally funded experimental research in special education.
March 22, 2004... Almost 40 years ago, Campbell and Stanley (1966) wrote their seminal work, Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Research. This brief monograph, which was originally a chapter in American Educational Research Association's Handbook of...

The working conditions and induction support of early career special educators.
March 22, 2004... Careful attention to the working conditions and the induction of early career special educators is needed if we are to build a committed and qualified teaching force. Recent reports have documented increasing special education teacher shortages...

Extended time as a testing accommodation: its effects and perceived consequences.
March 22, 2004... A primary strategy for including many students with disabilities in statewide accountability systems is to provide them with accommodations on large-scale, standardized tests. Typically, teachers provide students with multiple accommodations as...