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Unequal Opportunities
Content type: Journal Article
This study profiles the qualifications and preparation of special educators from the 2003–2004 Schools and Staffing Survey and investigates their relationship with teaching in a high-poverty school. Based on Berne and Stiefel’s (1984) equal opportunity...
Influences on Teachers’ Decisions About Literacy for Secondary Students With Severe Disabilities
Content type: Journal Article
The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the influences on special education teachers’ decisions about literacy for their students with severe disabilities. With the use of multiple case study and grounded theory methodologies, four middle and...
Are Online Sources for Identifying Evidence-Based Practices Trustworthy? An Evaluation
Content type: Journal Article
The use of evidence-based practices has become a focus in education since the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act reauthorization of 2004 required using practices based on scientific research to improve...
Envisioning the Future of Special Education Personnel Preparation in a Standards-Based Era
Content type: Journal Article
The authors consider the future of special education personnel preparation by responding to an overarching question: What frameworks might teacher educators use as a basis to promote special education teacher effective performance now and in the future? In...
Randomized Evaluation of Peer Support Arrangements to Support the Inclusion of High School Students With Severe Disabilities
Content type: Journal Article
Enhancing the social and learning experiences of students with severe disabilities in inclusive classrooms has been a long-standing focus of research, legislative, and advocacy efforts. The authors used a randomized controlled experimental design to...
Efficacy of Teachers Training Paraprofessionals to Implement Peer Support Arrangements
Content type: Journal Article
Although peer support arrangements are a promising strategy to promote inclusion in general education classrooms, previous studies have not addressed how paraprofessionals might implement this strategy under typical circumstances without extensive...
Explaining the Decline in Special Education Teacher Employment From 2005 to 2012
Content type: Journal Article
Demand for special education teachers grew continuously from the passage of Public Law 94-142 in 1975 through 2005, when this trend reversed. From 2005 to 2012, the number of special education teachers employed by U.S. schools declined by >17%. The primary...
Findings Across Practitioner Training Studies in Special Education: A Comprehensive Review and Meta-Analysis
Content type: Journal Article
Existing reviews address important questions about subsets of practitioner training studies in special education but leave important questions about the broader literature unanswered. In this comprehensive review, we identified 118 peer-reviewed single...
Comparisons of Mathematics Intervention Effects in Resource and Inclusive Classrooms
Content type: Journal Article
In this article, we describe results of a reanalysis of two randomized studies that tested the effects of enhanced anchored instruction (EAI) on the fractions computation performance of students in special education resource rooms and inclusive mathematics...
Corrigenda to ‘Interventions to Improve Fraction Skills for Students With Disabilities: A Meta-Analysis’ by Robin Parks Ennis and Mickey Losinski
Content type: Journal Article
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