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ERIC Number: EJ632534
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1079-3917
Student Support Teams: Helping Students Succeed in General Education Classrooms or Working To Place Students in Special Education?
Logan, Kent R.; Hansen, Carol D.; Nieminen, Paul K.; Wright, E. Heath
Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, v36 n3 p280-92 Sep 2001
A study involving 24 elementary teachers found they were not using Student Support Teams (SST) as designed. Teachers believed the primary purpose of SST was to test and place students into special education, referred students with whom they had not been successful, and believed there was a covert evaluation process. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Education, Inclusive Schools, Prevention, Program Effectiveness, Referral, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Student Evaluation, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Role
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Student Support Teams