Sentences with phrase «special education placement rates»

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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.

Its June graduation rate — which includes special education students who attended high school in special placements outside the district, according to officials — was 53 percent.

We looked at differences among the states in terms of their placement rates into special education — often one way to exclude students from state tests — and at whether these differences were related to the introduction of state accountability systems.

That is, the high rate of private placement in D.C. may be more a function of the quality of D.C. public schools than a function of special education per se.

Research shows that when a full - service school works well, student achievement increases, attendance rates go up, suspensions drop, and special education placements decrease (Dryfoos, 1994; Dryfoos & Maguire, 2002).

A similarly high rate of return is unlikely for most current and proposed pre-K programs because many of the children being served have relatively low levels of risk for school failure, placement in special education, later criminal behavior, or failure to become economically self - sufficient in adulthood.

Some of the reasons that parents rejected charters as placements were that «parents of students with disabilities may be more risk - averse,» «parents of students with disabilities may be able to use IEP process to get services from the district,» «transportation poses a particular barrier for students with disabilities,» «lower charter special education rates may reflect use of effective strategies to prevent or remediate common learning challenges,» and «district special education rates may reflect over-identification of students with disabilities.»

Well - designed and well - implemented high - quality programs can change the arc of children's lives, leading to lower rates of special education placement, reduced retention, and higher graduation rates.