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ERIC Number: EJ378872
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Categorical Programs for Remedial and Handicapped Students: Issues of Validity.
Jenkins, Joseph R.; And Others
Exceptional Children, v55 n2 p147-58 Oct 1988
Efforts to unify categorical programs for low-achieving elementary school students must address instructional validity issues (including similarities/differences between learning disabled and remedial students in instructional levels, learning rates, and learning styles) and political validity issues (including protection and equitable distribution of resources, participation in decision-making, and protection of jobs). (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Categorical Aid, Classification, Cognitive Style, Disabilities, Educational Policy, Elementary Education, Eligibility, Labeling (of Persons), Learning Disabilities, Low Achievement, Noncategorical Education, Political Issues, Politics of Education, Remedial Programs, Resource Allocation, Validity
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Entitlement Programs; Regular and Special Education Relationship