A Measure of Progress: Voices of Rural Secondary Students with Disabilities in Co-Taught Settings

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The federal mandate, No Child Left Behind, demands that students with disabilities be exposed to the same curriculum as their peers, participate in the state's graduation test, and have their scores incorporated in the district report card.Co-teaching is one method used by school districts as a means to expose students with disabilities to the curriculum.The premise is that students with disabilities will fare better academically in this environment, which should allow for improved academic performance.This is difficult to establish due to the number of models, differing needs of students, and expected outcomes posed by students, teachers, and administrators.There appeared to be little evidence as to who measures the progress of co-taught programs and how progress is measured.This qualitative study analyzes perspectives of rural high school students with disabilities, their teachers, parents, and administrators regarding the impact of inclusion on co-taught mathematics classes for grad

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