Minority MMR Overrepresentation and Special Education Reform.

Reschly, Daniel J.

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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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