Disproportionality in Special Education: Effects of Individual and School Variables on Disability Risk

Autor/inn/en	Sullivan, Amanda L.; Bal, Aydin
Titel	Disproportionality in Special Education: Effects of Individual and School Variables on Disability Risk
Quelle	In: Exceptional Children, 79 (2013) 4, S.475-494 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0014-4029
Schlagwörter	Disability Identification; Disproportionate Representation; Special Education; At Risk Persons; Racial Differences; Minority Group Students; Predictor Variables; Institutional Characteristics; Gender Differences; Socioeconomic Status; Low Income Groups; Suspension; Urban Schools; Parent Background; Educational Attainment; Regression (Statistics); Multivariate Analysis; Wisconsin; Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examinations + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Risikogruppe; Rassenunterschied; Prädiktor; Geschlechterkonflikt; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Ausschluss; Schulausschluss; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Elternhaus; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Multivariate Analyse
Abstract	We examined the risk of disability identification associated with individual and school variables. The sample included 18,000 students in 39 schools of an urban K-12 school system. Descriptive analysis showed racial minority risk varied across 7 disability categories, with males and students from low-income backgrounds at highest risk in most disability categories. Multilevel analyses showed that school variables were not generally significant predictors of student risk for identification. The most consistent predictors of identification across the categories were students' gender, race, socioeconomic status, and number of suspensions. We provide implications for future studies of disparities in special education, as well as practice related to identification and systemic monitoring. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Council for Exceptional Children. 1110 North Glebe Road Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22201. Tel: 888-232-7733; Fax: 703-264-9494; e-mail: cecpubs@cec.sped.org; Web site: http://www.cec.sped.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Publications1
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10