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An Analysis of the Incidence of Special Class Placement: the Masses Are Burgeoning

Bob Algozzine, Ph.D.

University of Florida

James E. Ysseldyke, Ph. D.

University of Minnesota

Sandra Christenson, M.S.

University of Minnesota

Special education is growing at an accelerating rate. Over 4 million students are receiving special services; the federal cost for assistance to states in selected aspects of that education is approaching a billion dollars. For this article, the incidence figures in a sample of school districts were calculated. During the 1977-78, 1978-79, and 1979-80 school years, 4 to 5% of the students were referred and evaluated; 3% were placed in special education programs. Wide variation was evident in the data supplied by individual school districts (some reporting placement incidence as high as 21% of their school population). The results are viewed as evidence of a need for proactive thinking in special education with regard to a reasonable rate of growth relative to the likelihood of reduced financial support.

The Journal of Special Education, Vol. 17, No. 2, 141-147 (1983)
DOI: 10.1177/002246698301700205
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