Placing Children in Special Education

Panel on Selection and Placement of Students in Programs for the Mentally Retarded, Committee on Child Development Research and Public Policy, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 1 Introduction: Disproportion in Special Education; 3 2 Placement in Special Education: Historical Developments and Current Procedures; 4 3 Assessment: Issues and Methods; 5 4 Effective Instruction for Mildly Mentally Retarded Children; 6 5 New Approaches to Assessment and Instruction; 7 References; 8 Biological and Social Factors Contributing to Mild Mental Retardation; 9 Classifying Mentally Retarded Students: A Review of Placement Practices in Special Education; 10 Testing in Educational Placement: Issues and Evidence; 11 Effects of Special Education Placement on Educable Mentally Retarded Children; 12 Some Potential Incentives of Special Education Funding Practices; 13 Patterns in Special Education Placement as Revealed by the OCR Surveys