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Article: Preliminary Findings on Personalized Grading Plans for Middle School Students with Learning Disabilities.
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- Exceptional Children
- Article date:
- January 1, 2001
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Outcome research for students with learning disabilities included in general education classes has produced differing and sometimes conflicting results. To date, studies have reported that inclusion is beneficial to students with disabilities (Carlberg & Kavale, 1980; Wang & Baker, 1985-86), may be beneficial for certain subject areas or when specific strategies are employed (Deno, Maruyama, Espin, & Cohen, 1990; Klingner, Vaughn, Hughes, Schumm, & Elbaum, 1998; Marston, 1996), or is not beneficial (Baker & Zigmond, 1995; Zigmond & Baker, 1990).
The process of grading included students might be considered an intervention for increasing a student's success, while ...