The Role of Assessment in Qualifying Students as Eligible for Special Education: What Is and What's Supposed To Be.

MacMillan, Donald L.; Gresham, Frank M.; Bocian, Kathleen M.; Siperstein, Gary N.

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ERIC Number: EJ585716

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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The Role of Assessment in Qualifying Students as Eligible for Special Education: What Is and What's Supposed To Be.

MacMillan, Donald L.; Gresham, Frank M.; Bocian, Kathleen M.; Siperstein, Gary N.

Focus on Exceptional Children, v30 n2 p1-18 Oct 1997

Discusses qualifying students with high-incidence disabilities as eligible for special education. Examines relationships between authoritative definitions of disabilities, federal and state regulations, assessments conducted that are designed to measure the criteria in the regulations, and the use of assessment data in assigning children to disability categories. (CR)

Descriptors: Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Definitions, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Federal Regulation, Special Education, Student Evaluation

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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