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ERIC Number: EJ377553
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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An Analysis of Variables that Affect Special Education Placement Decisions.
Vance, Lisa Kelly; And Others
Journal of Learning Disabilities, v21 n7 p444-47 Aug-Sep 1988
The study examined the ability of intellectual, achievement, and behavioral data to predict placement of 95 learning disabled students (ages 7 to 15) into a special program. Only 27-33 percent of the variance was accounted for by the battery of assessment instruments in student placement decisions. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Predictive Validity, Special Classes, Student Evaluation, Student Placement
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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