State Guidelines for Student-Teacher Ratios for Mildly Handicapped Children. Research Report No. 6. Instructional Alternatives Project.

Autor/inn/en	Thurlow, Martha L.; und weitere
Institution	Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis.
Titel	State Guidelines for Student-Teacher Ratios for Mildly Handicapped Children. Research Report No. 6. Instructional Alternatives Project.
Quelle	(1987), (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Educational Policy; Elementary Secondary Education; Emotional Disturbances; Federal State Relationship; Learning Disabilities; Mainstreaming; Mild Disabilities; Mild Mental Retardation; Resource Room Programs; Special Education Teachers; Speech Handicaps; State School District Relationship; State Standards; Teacher Student Ratio + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Gefühlsstörung; Bund-Länder-Beziehung; Learning handicap; Lernbehinderung; Special education; Teacher; Teachers; Sonderpädagoge; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Speech handicap; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicps; Language impairments; Sprachbehinderung; Staatliches Schulamt; Lehrer-Schüler-Relation
Abstract	Current state guidelines for student-teacher ratios and/or caseloads in special education programs serving mildly handicapped students (including learning disabled, mentally retarded, emotionally disturbed, and speech impaired) were examined and compared with pupil-teacher ratios reported by the U.S. Department of Education. The study defined "mildly handicapped students" as "students who receive educational services partially in regular education and partially in special education." Guidelines that could be reviewed were provided by 39 of the 50 states; others either did not respond (N=2) or did not have state-level written guidelines (N=9). Extreme variability was found in state recommended ratios, in how ratios are defined, and in how they are presented. Significant discrepancies were found between ratios presented by individual special education guidelines and those represented in the federal report. Implications of these results for current special education practice are discussed. Tables are used to present data on methods used by states to determine caseloads and student-teacher ratios and on the comparison between state and federally reported statistics. An appendix provides a state-by-state breakdown of the defining characteristics used to determine ratios. (Author/VW)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01