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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: role of the administrator of special education as perceived by administrators of special education and school superintendents in Texas
  name:
    name part: Alvis, Thomas Vestus.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Barker, Donald G.
    role:
      role term: degree committee member.
  name:
    name part: Hawkins, Harold L.
    role:
      role term: degree committee member.
  name:
    name part: Herring, Don
    role:
      role term: degree committee member.
  name:
    name part: Richardson, Lester S.
    role:
      role term: degree supervisor.
  name:
    name part: Texas A & M University
    role:
      role term: degree granting institution.
  type of resource: text
  genre: theses
  genre: Academic theses
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: txu
    date issued: 1975
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: 100 leaves
  abstract: The purpose of this study was to compare the perceptions of school superintendents and special education administrators regarding the role of the special education administrator to determine if they have a mutual understanding of the special education administrator's role. Such study is needed in order to develop optimum relationships between the superintendents and special education administrators--if those relationships currently do not exist. The following objectives were developed to accomplish this purpose: 1. to compare the role of the Plan A Special Education Administrator as perceived by the special education administrator and superintendent of the school district; 2. to characterize the comparison data obtained in objective one for the group of special education administrators; 3. to characterize the comparison data obtained in objective one for the group of school superintendents; and 4. to make recommendations to both groups concerning the findings of this research. The following null hypothesis was developed prior to conducting the study: there are no differences in the perceptions of Plan A Special Education Administrators and school superintendents regarding the role of the Plan A Special Education Administrator. Responses from questionnaires were received from 34 pairs of special education administrators and public school superintendents from the same school districts. Analysis of variance was used to determine the differences between the paired responses. The mean and standard deviation were used in characterizing the data. This research demonstrated that the role of the Plan A Special Education Administrator is understood in essentially the same way by the special education administrator and the superintendent, as evidenced by the fact that the null hypothesis was supported. There were no significant differences in perception on 58 of the 86 items of the questionnaire. On those 28 items where a significant difference did appear, the difference must …
  note: Ph. D. in Education (Educational Administration) Texas A & M University
  subject:
    topic: Major education (educational administration)
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  identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/DISSERTATIONS-182144
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      url: https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/DISSERTATIONS-182144
  record info:
    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 791205
    record change date: 20220103135431.0
    record identifier: in00000177041
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng