We investigated whether children's reading and mathematics growth trajectories from
kindergarten to fifth grade inter-related, and to what extent disability and minority status …

We investigated whether minority children attending US elementary and middle schools are
disproportionately represented in special education. We did so using hazard modeling of …

Federal legislation and policy increasingly seek to address minority overrepresentation in
special education due to concerns that US schools are misidentifying children as disabled …

This study investigated how student and school-level socioeconomic status (SES) measures
predict students' odds of being identified for special education, particularly high-incidence …

The authors used a large sample of children (N≈ 7,400) participating in the Early Childhood
Longitudinal Study–Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K) to estimate kindergarten children's …

The purpose of this study was two-fold:(a) to examine the influence of student-and school-
level demographic, economic, academic, and behavioral variables measured in the third …

We investigated whether and to what extent children who are racial-ethnic minorities are
disproportionately represented in early intervention and/or early childhood special …

Research on variables that predict disproportionate representation of minority students in
special education has often ignored an important variable—academic achievement. This …

The idea of inclusive education suggests that student with disabilities should be educated in
regular schools, instead of being placed in segregated special education sectors. However …

Although a large body of research has documented racial/ethnic gaps in academic
achievement at school entry, less is known about the interaction between race and poverty …