'scuse me, but can a state's self-report be taken seriously as a criteria for choosing the 'best' states? Bobby >More FYI type of stuff. >Elizabeth Thiers, OTR >email: [log in to unmask] >homepage: http://www.bv.net/~john/bethsot1.html > >---------- >> From: AK Macleod <[log in to unmask]> >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: FYI:The BEST States for Special Education ? >> Date: Wednesday, December 16, 1998 2:56 PM >> >> FYI: >> According to the Submissions on my website and posted here in summary: >> >> {Self-Reported Special Education Violations By State} >> <A >HREF="http://at-advocacy.phillynews.com/data/ustracking.html">http://at- >> advocacy.phillynews.com/data/ustracking.html</A> >> >> The 'best states' - OR - the ones with NO self-reported special >education >> violations are: >> Alabama >> Alaska >> Delaware >> Hawaii >> Idaho >> Iowa >> Kansas >> Mississippi >> Montana >> Nebraska >> New Hampshire >> New Mexico >> North Carolina >> North Dakota >> Oklahoma >> Rhode Island >> South Carolina >> South Dakota >> Utah >> Vermont >> DC >> West Virginia >> Wyoming >> >> The worst, based on number of sped violations submitted are: >> Florida >> New Jersey >> PA >> NY >> California >> >> >> AK Macleod >> NJ >> -- >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> AK Macleod; [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] >> Special Projects & Information and Referral >> PIAT (Pennsylvania's Initiative on Assistive Technology) >> Institute on Disabilities UAP/Temple University >> EASI's K-12 Outreach, Information Specialist & Webbie >> EASI:'Equal Access to Software & Information' >> http://www.rit.edu/~easi/ >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Visit the Kids' Award Winning Website... >> "Just Because We Have A disAbility Doesn't Mean We BYTE!" >> http://library.advanced.org/11799 >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~