Volume 21, No. 4
Spring 1996
CONTENTS
Special Issue: Special Education Finance,
Guest Editors: Jay G. Chambers and Thomas B. Parrish
A LETTER FROM THE EDITOR, Patricia Anthony 447
Introduction to Special Education Section
JAY G. CHAMBERS and THOMAS B. PARRISH, Guest Editors 449
ARTICLES
Special Education Finance: Past, Present and Future
THOMAS B. PARRISH, Principal Research Scientist and Co-Director
of the Center for Special Education Finance and the Education and Public
Sector Finance Group at the American Institutes for Research in Palo Alto,
California 451
Integrating Services and Resources for Children under the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Federal Perspectives and Issues
DEBORAH A. VERSTEGEN 477
Consolidating Categorical Program Resources to Support Local School
Improvement: Issues and Perspectives
MARGARET J. McLAUGHLIN, Associate Director of the Institute for
the Study of Exceptional Children and Youth, University of Maryland,
College Park, and Co-Director, National Center for Policy Research on
the Impact of General and Special Education Reform 506
Special Education Expenditures and Revenues in a Census-Based Funding
System: Case Study in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
JAY G. CHAMBERS, Senior Research Fellow, THOMAS B. PARRISH,
Principal Research Scientist, Co-Directors of the Educational Public Sector
Finance Group and the Center for Special Education Finance, and
CHRISTINE HIKIDO, Senior Research Associate, American Institutes for
Research 527
Cost-Effectiveness of Instructional Support Teams in Pennsylvania
WILLIAM T. HARTMAN, Professor of Education, The Pennsylvania
State University and TODD A. FAY, Director of Pupil Personnel Services,
Upper Merion School District in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 555
COMMENTARY
Mis-Conceptualizing the Cost of Large-Scale Assessment
RICHARD P. PHELPS, Senior Research Analyst, Pelavin Research
Institute, American Institutes for Research, Washington, D.C. 581
The Importance of Balance in the Study of Educational Costs
DAVID H. MONK, Professor and Chair, Department of Education,
Cornell University 590
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