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A Quantitative Perspective On The Impact Of The General Education Students’ Academic Achievement And Membership In An Inclusion Class At The High School Level Using New York State Regents Exam Scores, Michelle Kwon-Pineda

Theses and Dissertations

With the increased diversity in our world, the needs of our students are also just as diverse. “Currently, more than half of the K-12 students with special needs are being placed in general education classrooms, demonstrating that the inclusion movement is alive and well in our nation’s public schools” (U.S. Dept. of Ed. 2010). There is a lack of focus on the general education students who also participate in these inclusive settings.

The purpose of this study is to investigate to what extent a high school general education student’s participation in an inclusion class impacts their educational needs using the …