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Article: The achievement of students with developmental disabilities and their peers without disabilities in inclusive settings: an exploratory study.
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- Education & Treatment of Children
- Article date:
- August 1, 2003
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Students with developmental disabilities are being served in general education classes with increasing regularity (U. S. Department of Education, 2000). Research has suggested that inclusive educational programs have a number of potential educational and social benefits for this group of students and their peers without disabilities (Harrower, 1999; Hunt & Goetz, 1997). However, critics of inclusive education have raised questions about the impact of these programs on the achievement of both groups of students (Fuchs & Fuchs, 1994; Kaufmann & Hallahan, 1995).
Unfortunately, there has been very little research conducted examining this critical issue (Harrower, ...