Referral Rates for Intervention or Assessment: A Meta-Analysis of Racial Differences

This study synthesized the literature on the rates of referral for intervention or assessment of students from three racial groups: Caucasian, African American, and Hispanic. Ten studies, published or unpublished, that presented frequency counts for the population and the referred sample for at leas...

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Published in:The Journal of special education 2003-08, Vol.37 (2), p.67-80
Main Authors: Hosp, John L., Reschly, Daniel J.
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African American Students
African Americans
Asian American Students
Behavior Problems
Blacks
Day Programs
Disabilities
Disability Identification
Disproportionate Representation
Educational Discrimination
Elementary Secondary Education
Hispanic American Students
Hispanic Americans
Incidence
Individualized Education Programs
Racial Differences
Referral
Special Education
Student Characteristics
Systematic review
White people
White Students
Whites
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African Americans
Asian American Students
Behavior Problems
Blacks
Day Programs
Disabilities
Disability Identification
Disproportionate Representation
Educational Discrimination
Elementary Secondary Education
Hispanic American Students
Hispanic Americans
Incidence
Individualized Education Programs
Racial Differences
Referral
Special Education
Student Characteristics
Systematic review
White people
White Students
Whites
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