First Event on September 20th
Are Students of Color Being Over- or Under-identified as Having Disabilities as they Attend U.S. Schools?
Paul Morgan, Penn State University
September 20th, 4-5pm, Commons 329
Federal special education legislation and regulations require U.S. schools to monitor for significant disproportionality in the extent to which students of color are identified as having disabilities. Yet evidence for the directionality of these disparities using student-level data has, until recently, been lacking. I survey new empirical findings from a series of analyses of student-level, nationally representative datasets designed to evaluate whether the over-representation of students of color in special education is explained by over-identification based on race or ethnicity. Collectively, and contrary to federal legislation and policy, this new evidence suggests that students of color are less likely to be identified as having disabilities while attending U.S. schools than similarly situated white or English-speaking students. Implications of these findings are discussed.
Thank you to the Office of the Dean of CAHSS, the Office of the Vice President for Research, and the Center for Social Science Scholarship for their support of the seminar series.
Upcoming talks:
Mispredicting Behaviors of Racial and Ethnic Minority Group Members: Evidence from Signal Detection Theory in Three Social Policy Domains
Jeryl Mumpower, Texas A&M University
September 27th, 12-1pm, Public Policy 451
Misallocation and Intersectoral Linkages
Sophie Osotimehin, University of Quebec, Montreal
October 11th, 12-1pm, Public Policy 451
The Ideological Politics of Charter Schools
Richard Blissett, Seton Hall University
October 15th, 4-5pm, Public Policy 367
Lessons from NYC's Small Schools of Choice about High School Features that Promote Graduation for Disadvantaged Students
Howard Bloom, MDRC
October 22nd, 12-1pm, Public Policy 367
Exposure to International Trade and Mortality
Alexander F. McQuoid, U.S. Naval Academy
November 1st, 12-1pm, Public Policy 451
HIV Treatment as Economic Stimulus: Community Spillover Effects of Mass ART Provision in Rural South Africa
Zoe McLaren, UMBC School of Public Policy
November 5th, 12-1pm, Public Policy 451
Using the National Intimate and Sexual Violence Survey to Explore Intimate Partner Violence Experienced by Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Individuals
Lynn Addington, American University
November 29th, 12-1pm, Public Policy 451
Posted: September 17, 2018, 9:36 AM
