Unproven Links

By R. Skiba, Lori M. Poloni-Staudinger, Ada B. Simmons, L. Renae Feggins-Azziz, Choong-Geun Chung. 2005

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Are Black Children Disproportionately Overrepresented in Special Education? A Best-Evidence Synthesis (2017, methodology): “Although many prior studies found that Black children are disproportionately overrepresented in special education (e.g., Oswald et al., 1999; Skiba et al., 2005), some recent studies have found that they are less likely to be referred or found eligible for special education when contrasted to…”
Theorizing Racial Inequity in Special Education (2011, methodology): “There is no consensus in the literature as to best address this problem; cutoffs range from 1.2., 1.5 (Skiba et al., 2005), and 2.0 (Parrish, 2002) in the empirical literature, and from 1.0 to more than 4.0 in state policy (Sullivan, Kozleski, & Smith, 2008).”
Disproportionality in Special Education: Effects of Individual and School Variables on Disability Risk (2013, background): “Earlier research had shown that district rates of suspensions predicted district rates of identification for ED and CI (Skiba et al., 2005).”