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Forrow, Lauren; Kelly, Kevin – Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2020
The purpose of this study was to understand why middle schools in two mid-Atlantic states were apparently disproportionately identified for targeted support and improvement (TSI) based on the performance of their students with disabilities (SWD) subgroups. The study used publicly available data to examine differences across school levels --…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Disproportionate Representation, Middle School Students, Students with Disabilities
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O'Conner, Rosemarie; Porowski, Allan; Passa, Aikaterini – Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2014
This study of Maryland State Department of Education data on K-12 public school students in Maryland for 2009/10, 2010/11, and 2011/12 examines whether exclusionary discipline (suspension and expulsion) is given out in a way that has a disproportionate impact on Black and other racial/ethnic minority students relative to White students, and on…
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, Minority Group Students, Special Education, Suspension
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Porowski, Allan; O'Conner, Rosemarie; Passa, Aikaterini – Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2014
In the United States exclusionary discipline (suspension and expulsion) is commonly used to remove disruptive students from the classroom or school. While any disciplinary action should be applied fairly and consistently to all groups, for more than 35 years the research literature has highlighted a discipline gap between racial/ethnic minority…
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, Discipline, Suspension, Expulsion