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Critique of qn Article on Special Education

Zigmond, N., Jenkins, J., Fuchs, L. S., Deno, S., Fuchs, D., Baker, J. N., Jenkins, L., & Couthino, M. (1995, March). Special education in restructured schools: Findings from three multi-year studies. Phi Delta Kappan, 76(7), 531-540.

The findings of three multi-year studies of students with special needs were reviewed and assessed in this article. One of the focal areas of interest in this review and assessment was the issue of related services in special education.

The three multi-year studies, the findings of which were reviewed an assessed in this article, were conducted separately by three universitiesùthe University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), the University of Washington (Seattle, Washington), and Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee). For each of the three multi-year research studies, the relevant university ôdeveloped a model for (1) altering general education classroom conditions that previously had necessitated the referral of students to special education, (2) returning students with disabilities from special education settings to general education, and (3) accommodating students with disabilities more effectively within those mainstream classroomsö (Zigmond, Jenkins, Fuchs, Deno, Fuchs, Baker, Jenkins, & Couthino, 1995, p. 531). The models developed were implemented and studies at urban (1), suburban (1), and rural (4) elementary schools located in Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Washington.

An important finding of the review and assessment of the three multi-year studies was that ôgeneral education settings produce achievement outcomes for students with learning disabilities that are neither desirable nor acceptableö (Zigmond, Jenkins, Fuchs, Deno, Fuchs, Baker, Jenkins, & Couthino, 1995, p. 538). Further, with special relevance for related services, the review and assessment of the three multi-year studies found that the ômodel

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