Placing children in special education : a strategy for equity - National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Selection and Placement of Students in Programs for the Mentally Retarded; Heller, Kirby A.; Holtzman, Wayne H.; Messick, Samuel; National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Child Development Research and Public Policy (Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1982)
Report of the Panel -- Introduction: Disproportion in special education -- Placement in special education: historical developments and current procedures -- Assessment: issues and methods -- Effective instruction for mildly mentally retarded children -- New approaches to assessment and instruction -- Background papers -- Biological and social factors contributing to mild mental retardation / Jack P. Shonkoff -- Classifying mentally retarded students: a review of placement practices in special education / William E. Bickel -- Testing in educational placement: issues and evidence / Jeffrey R. Travers -- Effects of special education placement on educable mentally retarded children / Kirby A. Heller -- Some potential incentives of special education funding practices / Suzanne S. Magnetti -- Patterns in special education placement as revealed by the OCR surveys / Jeremy D. Finn.
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Keywords: Children with mental disabilities -- Education -- Congresses; Students -- Rating of -- Congresses; Educational tests and measurements -- Congresses; Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; Educational Measurement; Enfants ayant une déficience intellectuelle -- Éducation -- Congrès.; Tests et mesures en éducation -- Congrès.; EDUCATION -- Special Education -- Mental disabilities; Children with mental disabilities -- Education; Educational tests and measurements; Students -- Rating of; Lernbehinderung; Sonderpädagogische Diagnostik; Speciaal onderwijs; Selectie; Conference papers and proceedings