General and special educators' perceptions of preassessment team operatingprocedures

The purpose of this study was to investigate teachers' perceptions of preas sessment operating procedures in a midwestern state. This was accomplished through the distribution of a survey to randomly selected, state-certified general and special educators. Results of the study revealed that general a nd special educators served on these teams and generally found their roles as team members to be fairly productive. They reported that approximately 1 1% of students were referred to the teams for review and that interventions were implemented for less than I month, with subjective criteria used to d etermine the success of preassessment team modifications. Future implicatio ns for team efficacy are discussed.