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ERIC Number: EJ364842
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Minority MMR Overrepresentation and Special Education Reform.
Reschly, Daniel J.
Exceptional Children, v54 n4 p316-23 Jan 1988
Recommendations from "Placing Children in Special Education" are reviewed, focusing on: (1) inaccurate interpretation of overrepresentation of minority mildly mentally retarded students, (2) use of prereferral interventions, (3) cross-categorical programing, (4) application of an outcomes criterion, and (5) expansion of regular education options for mildly handicapped students. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention, Mainstreaming, Mild Mental Retardation, Minority Group Children, Outcomes of Education, Referral, Special Education, Student Placement
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Cross Classification Approaches; Placing Children in Special Education (NAS)
Note: For related documents, see EC 201 522-526.