Special education and school reform in the United States and Britain / edited by Margaret J. McLaughlin and Martyn Rouse - USA : Routledge, 2000 - xii, 201 p.

Introduction: the struggles for reform;
Defining difference: a comparative perspective on legal and policy issues in education reform and special educational needs;
Standards and curriculum: the core of educational reform;
National assessment and special education in the United States and England and Wales: towards a common system all?;
Educational accountability needs policy and choice: tensions b/w policy development in the US and UK contexts;
The changing governance of education and its comparative; impact on special education in UK and the US;
Funding of special education in the US and England and Wales


0415197570 (hbk)


Education
United States
England
Wales

371.9 / M3361