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ERIC Number: EJ416629
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0014-4029
Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) in Special Education--From Intent to Acquiescence.
Smith, Stephen W.
Exceptional Children, v57 n1 p6-14 Sep 1990
A review of the literature on Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) from 1975 to 1989 identifies three phases (a normative phase, an analytic phase, and a technology reaction phase), and reveals a history of IEPs' inadequacies and passive compliance, in contrast to the original intent of Public Law 94-142. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Individualized Education Programs, Intention, Program Effectiveness, Special Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners; Policymakers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Education for All Handicapped Children Act