This despite the fact that children in counties participating in Smart Start and NC Pre-K have higher third grade reading and math scores and are less likely to
require special education placements.
Not exact matches
Participating children had higher rates of high - school completion, lower rates of grade retention and
special education placement, and a lower rate of juvenile arrests.32 Another example showing more intensive programming has larger impacts is the Healthy Steps evaluation showing significantly better child language outcomes when the program was initiated prenatally through 24 months.33 These studies suggest that a more intensive intervention involving the child directly may be
required for larger effects to be seen.
In addition to
requiring more spending for
special -
education programs, the agreement reached in late July between the district and the federal agency calls for the timely and appropriate
placement of some 3,500 students who are awaiting spaces in
special -
education classes.
Local districts provide
special education programs and services and MAISD provides staff, services and programs, where it has been determined that the student
requires a more restrictive
placement offering.
The starting point is that a statement /
Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) must set out the child's
special educational needs (SEN) and lay out the
required provision for those SEN, after which point the
placement is determined.