Teachers union says New York City special-education overhaul ...

By Rachel Monahan, New York Daily News

A 2-year-old overhaul of city special-education programs has produced disappointing results, a new analysis shows.

City officials touted their 2010 effort to keep more kids in their local schools instead of sending them to specialty programs as a way to improve academic achievement for special-education kids.

But an analysis by the teachers union found that students enrolled in the first two years of the program received lower scores on state tests than students in traditional special ed classes.

School officials conducted a similar analysis last year that found virtually no difference between kids in the first year of the program and those who continued to be segregated in special classes, but officials nonetheless decided to expand the reforms to every school in the city.

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Tagged as: education reform, New York, student test scores, United Federation of Teachers

Source: http://workplacechoice.org/2012/10/23/teachers-union-says-new-york-city-special-education-overhaul-hasnt-worked-test-scores-improved-more-at-schools-that-werent-part-of-the-program/

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