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A Study of Adoption of Innovation in Special Education: A Comparison of Texas School Districts Applying, and Those Not Applying, for "Comprehensive Special Education for Exceptional Children (Plan A)".
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Yates, James Rodney – 1971
A study was conducted to determine how Texas school districts that adopted an innovation in special education differed from the more than 1,250 that did not. Ten randomly selected districts from the 40 that adopted change were matched with 10 non-adopter districts. Members of the district power structure (as related to special education) were…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Attitudes, Change Agents, Decision Making