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Werning, Rolf; Loser, Jessica M.; Urban, Michael – Journal of Special Education, 2008
This article focuses on the special situation of children from low socioeconomic backgrounds and children from immigrant backgrounds within the German school system. This analysis presents an overview of research results showing a strong overrepresentation of these two minority groups within the special education system, particularly within…
Descriptors: Special Schools, Learning Problems, Homogeneous Grouping, Foreign Countries
Goldstein, David; Dundon, William D. – 1986
This paper addresses the problem of heterogeneity of samples of learning disabled (LD) children by comparing five different systems for identifying homogeneous subgroups in terms of their ability to predict longitudinal reading and mathematics scores. One hundred and sixty LD children served as subjects. Three of the five subgrouping systems were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Behavior Problems, Blacks