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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"disproportionality in special education"”.
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Whiteness: influence, decision-making, and cultural-linguistic disproportionality in special education placements
Disproportionate representation of culturally-linguistically diverse (CLD) students in special education has been well documented. Existing research has largely focused on the attitudes and beliefs of classroom teachers and the processes that lead to these placements. Few studies have examined how …
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The Perceptions Of School Psychologists Regarding The Disproportionality In Special Education For Students Of Color: A Qualitative Phenomenological Study
<p>Racial disproportionality in special education has been a problem of practice since Dunn called attention to it in 1968. Research has demonstrated the adverse effects on students including stigma, labeling, reduced access to high-quality educational opportunities, restrictive settings, and lower …
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The over-representation of Hispanics in special education programs in New Jersey
<p>The over-representation of Hispanics of Special Education programs has been a debate for years now. Over-representation happens when the percentage of minority students in special education programs is greater than in the school population as a whole. This study attempts to evaluate the causes …
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An Examination of Disproportionality in One School District Using a Response to Intervention Model
<p>Disproportionality in special education has been an ongoing discussion and cause for concern at the district, state, and federal levels for the past 45 years. Due to legislative changes and a shifting attitude in public education away from a "wait to fail" service delivery model, may states now …
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The Gender and Race Intersectional Disproportionality-Tool (GRID-T): An Exploration of Practitioners’ Access to and Use of High-Quality Data for Special Education Placement
<p>Disproportionality in special education (SPED) is upheld by systems and individuals, policies, and practices that both reflect and shape the local communities within which it exists. Even with many proposed solutions for disproportionality, it persists. This two-manuscript dissertation explores …
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The Relationship Among Teacher and Student Gender and the Referral of Students to Intervention Processes that could Potentially Lead to Special Education Evaluation for Behavioral Characteristics of Emotional Disability and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship among teacher gender, student gender, and the referral of students to intervention processes that could potentially lead to special education evaluation for behavioral characteristics of emotional disability (ED) and attention deficit …
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The Dispositions of Three School Psychologists Regarding Cultural Responsiveness
… to leverage a substantial degree of subjectivity in their findings, conclusions, and recommendations that may greatly contribute to the determinations of identification, placement and discipline of school-aged students with disabilities. Long-standing, consistent and established evidence-based …
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Inclusive education policy, the general allocation model and dilemmas of practice in primary schools
Background: Inclusive education is central to contemporary discourse internationally reflecting societies’ wider commitment to social inclusion. Education has witnessed transforming approaches that have created differing distributions of power, resource allocation and accountability. Multiple …