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ERIC Number: EJ215440
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979-Mar
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Special Education--Some Cross-National Comparisons.
Putnam, Rosemary Werner
Comparative Education, v15 n1 p83-98 Mar 1979
This paper is designed to help our understanding of the incidence and distribution of special education programs throughout the world. There are huge differences among countries. In one country, one of every 5,000 elementary and secondary pupils receives special education; in the United States, it is one in 20. (KC)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Influences, Financial Support, Program Development, Research Methodology, Special Education, Student Characteristics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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