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On the Nexus of Race,Disability, and overrepresentation:What Do We Know?Where Do We Go?

Link: http://www.urbanschools.org/pdf/race.pdf?v_document_name=Nexus%20of%20Race

The ethnic overrepresentation of students in special education programs in this country has been a recognized problem for more than 30 years. Simply defined, overrepresentation, or the disproportionate placement of students of a given ethnic group in special education programs, means that the percentage of students from that group in such programs is disproportionally greater than their percentage in the school population as a whole.
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This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NIUSI: District Effort & Support: Cultural Renewal & Improvement
• Network/channel: NIUSI: District Effort & Support: Student Services
• Network/channel: NIUSI: District Effort & Support: Systemic Infrastructure & Organizational Support
• Network/channel: NIUSI: Families & Communities: Resiliency

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