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Peer reviewedLange, Cheryl M.; Ysseldyke, James E. – Exceptional Children, 1998
Reviews research on implications of school choice for students with disabilities using multiple methodologies in 12 quantitative and qualitative studies. Participation rates, reasons for transfers, and impacts on students and school districts were evaluated. The study found students with disabilities participating in school choice options often…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, School Choice
Peer reviewedLange, Cheryl; Ysseldyke, James E. – Educational Leadership, 1994
Minnesota has several types of school choice options available to its 750,000 students: open enrollment, second-chance programs, postsecondary enrollment options, and charter schools. Survey data show that the families of special-needs students are increasingly using the open-enrollment option and are satisfied with their choices. Students with…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Open Enrollment, Parent Attitudes
Parents of Students with Disabilities and Open Enrollment: Characteristics and Reasons for Transfer.
Peer reviewedYsseldyke, James E. – Exceptional Children, 1994
This study examined characteristics of students with disabilities who participated in Minnesota's open enrollment, reasons for participation, information sources, and the decision-making process. Surveys of 347 parents revealed 3 primary reasons for transferring their children: special education needs being better met, more personal attention from…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Free Choice Transfer Programs
Peer reviewedYsseldyke, James E.; And Others – Intervention in School and Clinic, 1993
Parents of children with disabilities (n=80) or giftedness (n=19) commented on their children's participation in an open enrollment program. Twelve broad topics were identified by the Minnesota parents, including teacher/administration attitude, transportation/location, programs for special needs students, student's attitude and behavior change,…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedYsseldyke, James E.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1993
Participants at an issues clarification working session concerning open enrollment for students with disabilities identified three kinds of issues for districts and students: outcome, implementation, and demographic. Participants expressed concerns in the areas of pupil benefit, parent involvement (or convenience), teacher/administrator job…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Philosophy, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedYsseldyke, James E.; And Others – Preventing School Failure, 1992
A survey of 62 Minnesota directors of special education examined 20 issues of school choice pertinent to school districts. Issues listed as important by the most respondents were excess program costs, the effects of enrollment options on the planning process, and the billing of resident districts for special education services. (JDD)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Disabilities, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedLange, Cheryl M.; Ysseldyke, James E.; Lehr, Camilla A. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1997
Presents the results of surveys and follow-up interviews of parents of children with disabilities who chose to use the "open enrollment" transfer option in Minnesota. Reasons for school transfer included better met special education needs and personal attention for children at chosen schools, and more information on child's progress from…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Disabilities, Diversity (Institutional), Elementary Secondary Education
