Handicapping the handicapped
Subtitle: decision making in students' educational careers
By: Hugh Mehan, Alma Hertweck, and J. Lee Meihls.
Contributors: Hertweck, Alma, 1937-; Meihls, J. Lee, 1954-
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
Subjects: Learning disabled children -- Rating of -- United States.; School grade placement -- United States.; Ability grouping in education.; Education and state -- United States.
Description: "Based on field research in a West Coast school district, this study attempts to explain and understand the process by which elementary school students are placed in categories such as "learning disabled" and "educationally handicapped." It shows how conventional practices such as tracking and special education placement mediate the relationship between students' characteristics, measured ability, and educational achievement. The analysis focuses on three key decision-making events - classroom behavior, educational testing situations, and placement committee hearings..." -- Dust jacket.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [178]-188.
Includes index.