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To assess national 25-year trends in educational placement settings for students with disabilities ages 6 to 17 under the least restrictive environment mandate.

June 11, 2019The Journal of Special Education

Trends in LRE Placement Rates Over the Past 25 Years

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PWPamela WilliamsonUniversity of North Florida DHDavid HoppeyUniversity of North Florida JMJames McLeskeyBethany College - West Virginia

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Longitudinal trend analysis reveals rising general education placements among students with disabilities, indicating progress toward least restrictive environment goals.

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To assess national 25-year trends in educational placement settings for students with disabilities ages 6 to 17 under the least restrictive environment mandate.
Retrieved national educational placement data from the U.S. Department of Education and demographic data from the U.S. Census Bureau spanning 1990 through 2015 across all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Calculated cumulative placement rates over time for students with disabilities ages 6 to 17 across various educational environments and disability categories.
Placements in general education classrooms increased nationally between 1990 and 2015, while placements in more restrictive environments concurrently decreased.
Secondary school students remained consistently more likely to be placed in restrictive educational environments compared to their elementary counterparts.
National placement trajectories differed considerably across distinct disability classifications.

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Williamson et al. (2019) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69deacee499d77a496b0c804 https://doi.org/10.1177/0022466919855052

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Longitudinal trend analysis reveals rising general education placements among students with disabilities, indicating progress toward least restrictive environment goals.

Trends in LRE Placement Rates Over the Past 25 Years

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Trends in LRE Placement Rates Over the Past 25 Years

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