Here’s a quote from the Wisconsin Education Association Council’s Web site page about special education. Apparently it originally appeared in June 0f 1996, but it’s listed as updated 15 March 2007. This is the lead to the section on research about inclusion.
Research
There are no comparative data available on special education students’ academic gains, graduation rates, preparation for post-secondary schooling, work, or involvement in community living based on their placement in inclusive vs. non-inclusive settings. Therefore, an accurate comparison between separate programming and inclusive programming cannot be done.
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The bogus reform bowl
O.K, folks. Here’s your chance to vote for the first competitors in the Bogus Bowl. There are so many educational reforms that it’ll be hard to find the differences among them, but let’s start by considering these. Once we get some data about them, then we’ll match the winners (and the losers) from this competition with other reforms from other brackets.
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