Promoting access through segregation: The emergence of the "prioritized curriculum" class

Jessica Bacon, Carrie E. Rood, Beth A. Ferri

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Abstract

The continuously evolving standards-based reform (SBR) movement is one of the most prominent features of today's educational policy landscape. As SBR has continued to drive educational policy, local schools and districts have adopted many approaches to comply with legal mandates. This article critically examines one particular resultant phenomenon of the SBR movement-the emergence of a new track of self-contained classes called Prioritized Curriculum classes, designed to provide students with disabilities access to standards-based general education curriculum, but in a segregated class. In this article we document the emergence of such courses and critically analyze the rationales and policy loopholes that have led to their creation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-22
Number of pages22
JournalTeachers College Record
Volume118
Issue number14
StatePublished - 2016

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