Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. How and Why Special Education Is Often Misunderstood -- Common Misconceptions and More Accurate Concepts -- A Brief History of Special Education in the United States -- Contemporary and Perpetual Issues -- Dilemmas of Special Education -- Summary -- 2. Measurement of Educational Performance -- The Problem of Measurement in Education -- The Importance of Statistical Distributions -- What is the Meaning of an Obtained Measurement? -- How Can nd Should Special Education Change Performance? -- Summary -- 3. The Nature of Educational Disabilities -- Three Important Points about Exceptionality -- Types of Exceptionality -- Why Some Exceptional Students Do Not Need Special Education -- Why Prevention of Disabilities Is Often Not Practiced? -- Summary -- 4. The Nature of Special Education -- Special Education: What Is It, Anyway? -- Dimensions of Special Education -- Special Education on a Continuum -- Special Education's Bottom Line -- Summary -- 5. Tiers of Education: RTI, MTSS, PBIS -- The Idea of Tiers -- A Perspective on Tiered Education -- Summary -- 6. Frequent Criticisms and Responses to Them -- Responses to Criticisms -- Other Questions about Special Education -- Summary