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Disability as Status Competition: The Role of Race in Classifying Children by Skrtic, Thomas M., Saatcioglu, Argun, Nichols, Austin

“…Many African American and Hispanic children are classified as mildly disabled. Although this makes special education services available to these and other…”
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Preparing Teacher Educators for Statewide Scale-Up of Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) by Sailor, Wayne, Skrtic, Thomas M., Cohn, Monique, Olmstead, Christine

“…Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS), as a fully integrated set of practices and interventions directed to academics and behavior, with emerging applications…”
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High‐Stakes Accountability in Social and Political Context: Skill Gains and Losses in the No Child Left Behind Era by Saatcioglu, Argun, Skrtic, Thomas M., Kingston, Neal M.

“…Under the high‐stakes accountability regime, narrower curricula and/or teaching to narrower tests can restrict the range of skills students acquire. We develop…”
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Cost-Effectiveness of Instructional Coaching: Implementing a Design-Based, Continuous Improvement Model to Advance Teacher Professional Development by Knight, David S., Skrtic, Thomas M.

“…Schools devote substantial resources to teacher professional development each year. Yet studies show much of this investment is directed toward ineffective…”
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The mediating role of exclusionary school organizations in pre-service teachers' constructions of inclusion by Beneke, Margaret R., Skrtic, Thomas M., Guan, Chunlan, Hyland, Sorcha, An, Zhe Gigi, Alzahrani, Turkey, Uyanik, Hatice, Amilivia, Jennifer M., Love, Hailey R.

“…In this article, we build on the extant literature documenting efforts to reform teacher education for inclusive education in the United States to demonstrate…”
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The Use of Test Accommodations as a Gaming Strategy: A State-Level Exploration of Potential Gaming Tendencies in the 2007-2009 Period and Implications for Re-Directing Research on Gaming through Test Accommodations by Saatcioglu, Argun, Skrtic, Thomas M, DeLuca, Thomas A

“…The overuse of test accommodations (e.g., test readers, extra time, and calculators) for students with disabilities is a potential means of gaming the…”
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Evaluation of Video-Based Instructional Coaching for Middle School Teachers: Evidence from a Multiple Baseline Study by Knight, David, Hock, Michael, Skrtic, Thomas M, Bradley, Barbara A, Knight, Jim

“…We designed a multiple baseline study to evaluate an instructional coaching model in which coaches use video recordings of collaborating teachers' classrooms…”
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A Political Economy of Learning Disabilities by Skrtic, Thomas M.

“…[...]because social categories are not represented equally, I am concerned, ultimately, with unequal power relations in society, relations that determine who…”
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Voice, Collaboration, and Inclusion: Democratic Themes in Educational and Social Reform Initiatives by Skrtic, Thomas M

“…Emphasizing the constructivist principles of voice, collaboration, and inclusion, this paper discusses the influence of constructivism across the interrelated…”
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School-Linked Services Integration: Crisis and Opportunity in the Transition to Postmodern Society by Skrtic, Thomas M, Sailor, Wayne

“…The school-linked services integration reform movement and its implications for professional practice in the fields of special and remedial education are…”
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School/Community Partnerships and Educational Reform: Introduction to the Topical Issue by Sailor, Wayne, Skrtic, Thomas M

“…This introductory article to the special issue addresses the school restructuring movement, with its increasing emphasis on inclusion and school unification,…”
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Disability and Democracy: Reconstructing (Special) Education for Postmodernity. Special Education Series by Skrtic, Thomas M., Ed

“…This book presents 10 chapters covering issues in the reconstruction of special education in inclusive schools. The book's three parts focus on deconstructing…”
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The Crisis in Special Education Knowledge: A Perspective on Perspective by Skrtic, Thomas M

“…The author examines two types of criticism (theoretical and practical) of special education knowledge, reviews the implications of metatheoretical criticism…”
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Ideology, Institutions, and Equity: Comments on Christine Sleeter's Why Is There Learning Disabilities? by Skrtic, Thomas M, McCall, Zach

“…Our commentary on Christine Sleeter’s landmark work, Why Is There Learning Disabilities? A Critical Analysis of the Birth of the Field in Its Social Context,…”
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Comparing Special Education: Origins to Contemporary Paradoxes by Skrtic, Thomas M.

“…While many educational practices tend to converge globally, the diffusion of special education has resulted in a vast range of national differences-in…”
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Review: Distinguishing Disability: Parents, Privilege, and Special Education, by Colin Ong-Dean. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2009. 203pp. $19.00 paper. ISBN: 9780226630014 by Skrtic, Thomas M.

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Intersectional Needs Politics: A Policy Frame for the Wicked Problem of Disproportionality by McCall, Zach, Skrtic, Thomas M

“…The disproportionate representation of poor, working class, and racial/ethnic minority students in special education is a wicked policy problem because its…”
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Distinguishing Disability: Parents, Privilege, and Special Education by Skrtic, Thomas M.

“…Drawing on Lareau's expansion of Bourdieu's high-culture conception of cultural capital to include resources such as attitudes, preferences, formal knowledge…”
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An Organizational Analysis of the Overrepresentation of Poor and Minority Students in Special Education by Skrtic, Thomas M

“…By considering the overrepresentation problem in special education from an organizational perspective, the author argues that it is part of a broader problem…”
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Record, Replay, Reflect: Videotaped Lessons Accelerate Learning for Teachers and Coaches by Knight, Jim, Bradley, Barbara A, Hock, Michael, Skrtic, Thomas M, Knight, David, Brasseur-Hock, Irma, Clark, Jean, Ruggles, Marilyn, Hatton, Carol

“…New technologies can dramatically change the way people live and work. Jet engines transformed travel. Television revolutionized news and entertainment…”
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