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Data provided by states over the past 10 years demonstrate little change in the use of separate facilities for students with handicaps. However, state-to-state variation in reliance on the various educational placements is quite high, indicating far less stability in service patterns than the national data would suggest.
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Danielson et al. (1989) studied this question.
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