A Preliminary Investigation of How States Are Responding to the Transition Assessment Requirements under IDEIA 2004

Career Development for Exceptional Individuals

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-55

  Morningstar, Mary E ^a   Liss, Jerald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

state educational agency policies; transition assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992897744     PISSN: 08857288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885728807313776     Document Type: Article

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