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Extractions: Testing Students with Disabilities Back to Spotlight Issues Back to CTEST Home Introduction to the issue Official Documents regarding special needs students Special needs testing in the News Weblinks for further information Introduction to the Issues As increasing numbers of students with disabilities apply for admission to institutions of higher education, many are seeking modifications during admissions testing to accommodate for their disabilities. Many of these accommodations are granted. The most common modification is extended time for test administration, although large print versions of tests, readers for tests, and other types of accommodations are also provided. When these accommodations are granted, many of those taking the tests with modifications are unaware that the score reports for such testing usually are sent to colleges or universities with a "flag" or other designation indicating that the test was given under nonstandard conditions. This nation currently embraces important social policy goals of allowing persons with disabilities to participate as fully as possible in society without having to face negative bias or stereotypes. For too long, many individuals with disabilities have had to confront unfair presumptions about their abilities to succeed in education and employment. There are now laws in many states and two federal laws designed to prohibit discrimination against individuals with disabilities.
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Extractions: News and Information Services Many school districts classify students as disabled in order to receive more state funding, says economist Julie Berry Cullen. In a six-year study of more than 1,000 school districts in Texas, Cullen found that a 10 percent increase in supplemental revenue generated by a special education student compared with the revenue generated by a regular student leads to a 1.4 percent increase in the student disability rate. The importance of financial incentives in determining the rate at which students are classified as disabled depends on the amount of discretion local officials have in implementing special education programs, Cullen says. Although federal and state mandates attempt to limit local discretion by explicitly prescribing the procedure for identifying and serving students with special needs, local school districts have substantial latitude, she notes. For example, while many eligible students may be severely physically or mentally disabled, many others in special education are difficult to distinguish from non-disabled, slow-learning students, she says. In all, more than 80 percent of special education students nationwide have non-physical disabilities, such as a learning disorder, speech impairment or emotional disturbance.
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Extractions: "More than 35 percent of the six-year increase in student disability rates in Texas is explained by the contemporaneous increase in fiscal incentives." Student disability rates have increased by more than 50 percent in U.S. school districts over the past two decades. Since 1977, the proportion of students nationally in grades K through 12 that have been classified as disabled has increased from 8 percent to 12 percent. Over the same period, the fraction of school district spending that is allocated to special education has increased from 4 percent to 17 percent. For the 1993-4 school year, the 5.4 million students who received special education services cost taxpayers more than $32 billion in total spending (above what was spent for other students). In The Impact of Fiscal Incentives on Student Disability Rates NBER Working Paper No. 7173 ), author Julie Berry Cullen finds a link between these increases and the state funding formulas that reward local school districts for identifying additional students with special needs. Relying on data from Texas schools in the 1991-2 through the 1996-7 school years, Cullen finds that a 10 percent increase in the supplemental revenue generated by a disabled student attributable to the state aid formula results in a 1.4 percent increase in the fraction of students classified as disabled. The data show that more than 35 percent of the six-year increase in student disability rates in Texas is explained by the contemporaneous increase in fiscal incentives. As expected, the greatest increase in student disabilities over this period was in the mildest and least well defined disability categories. These categories currently represent approximately 80 percent of the special education population.
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Extractions: IMPACT - Whittier Christian SchoolI.M.P.A.C.T. = Increasing Might, Power, Academics, Choices, and Truth. This is an opportunity program for students with specialized needs within the Whittier Christian School System, involving the two elementary schools and the junior high school. The program is directed by a dynamic and caring specialist, Mrs. Joyce L. Inouye, M.A.Ed. Opportunity Program - Grace Christian School Provides a learning environment that enables children to overcome learning differences, to spark and develop their ability to succeed at school, to build their skills, confidence, and character so as to empower them to manage life and reach their highest personal potential. This program is directed by an experienced and concerned educator, Mrs. Anita M. Burch, M.A.Ed.
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Extractions: Case Management Program Does Your Child Need A Special Diet? The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act , as well as the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Civil Rights regulations (7 CFR 15b) require schools to make accommodations for children who are unable to eat the school meal as prepared because of a disability. The above laws define a "person with a disability" to mean any person who has a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more major life activity, has a record of such an impairment, or is regarded as having such an impairment. Major life activities covered by this definition include caring for one's self, eating, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning and working. Some disabilities that could commonly require accommodation by the school food service would include diabetes, food anaphylaxis, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy and multiple sclerosis. Accommodation generally involves substituting food items, but in some cases, schools may need to make for far reaching accommodations to meet the needs of children. For example, some children may need to have the texture modified or, in extreme cases, may require intravenous feeding. Under no circumstances may the school make an additional charge for these accommodations.
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Extractions: Testing Students with Disabilities Back to Spotlight Issues Back to CTEST Home Introduction to the issue Official Documents regarding special needs students Special needs testing in the News Weblinks for further information Introduction to the Issues As increasing numbers of students with disabilities apply for admission to institutions of higher education, many are seeking modifications during admissions testing to accommodate for their disabilities. Many of these accommodations are granted. The most common modification is extended time for test administration, although large print versions of tests, readers for tests, and other types of accommodations are also provided. When these accommodations are granted, many of those taking the tests with modifications are unaware that the score reports for such testing usually are sent to colleges or universities with a "flag" or other designation indicating that the test was given under nonstandard conditions. This nation currently embraces important social policy goals of allowing persons with disabilities to participate as fully as possible in society without having to face negative bias or stereotypes. For too long, many individuals with disabilities have had to confront unfair presumptions about their abilities to succeed in education and employment. There are now laws in many states and two federal laws designed to prohibit discrimination against individuals with disabilities.
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Extractions: Notes: IGNORANCE IS OUR BIGGEST FOE!! Decide today to achieve your goal by understanding all there is to know about your particular area of interest in Special Education. Remember, if you're a parent, the most important thing to you should be your family! Make sure that you do everything possible to help your children live and succeed with the disabilities they may have. If you're a student, you must understand that there is NO secret potion or formula! Knowledge will help you comprehend what your disability is all about and Hard Work will help you to better live and succeed with it! These are the only ways you will achieve your goals!! Best wishes and good luck to everyone! 2003-2004 School Year
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