State's Testing Participation Goal Unmet in Fast-Growing Exceptional Education Program. OPPAGA Progress Report [microform]
- Bib ID:
- 5667445
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Florida State Legislature, Tallahassee. Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED438639
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1999
- 9 p.
- Summary:
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A review of the growing population of students receiving special education services in Florida and the extent to which these students are included in statewide assessments concluded that participation has improved slightly but had not met its goals. The report begins by providing statistical information on the special education population and then describes funding changes that provide funding to school districts based on the special education and general education services the student receives. As a result of the new funding model, legislative appropriations to special education programs appear to have increased greatly, to approximately $3 billion in 1999-2000, which includes $249 million in federal funds. The report also finds that while some students with disabilities participated in Florida Writes! and the Florida Comprehensive Achievement Tests (FCAT) between 1997-98 and 1998-99, the state did not meet its goals for including 85 percent of students with disabilities on these statewide tests. In 1998-99, participation rates on statewide assessment ranged from 50.2 percent to 79.1 percent. The Florida Department of Education is urged to strengthen its assistance to districts to discourage unnecessary exclusion of students with disabilities on state and district assessments. (CR)
- Notes:
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- Availability: OPPAGA Report Production, Claude Pepper Building, Room 312, 111 W. Madison St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-1475. Tel: 800-531-2477 (Toll Free). For full text: http://www.oppaga.state.fl.us.
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- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
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- Other authors/contributors:
- Florida State Legislature, Tallahassee. Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability
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- ERIC
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- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1999
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