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Download full textMark Murphy; Angela Johnson – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2022
This study examines the effects of English Learner (EL) status on subsequent Special Education (SPED) placement. Through a research-practice partnership, we link student demographic data and initial English proficiency assessment data across seven cohorts of test takers and observe EL and SPED programmatic participation for these students over…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Identification, English Learners, Special Education
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Direct linkShifrer, Dara; Callahan, Rebecca M.; Muller, Chandra – American Educational Research Journal, 2013
Placement of some students into the courses needed only for high school graduation and others into those that prepare them for college constitutes academic stratification. This study uses data from the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 to investigate whether students labeled with learning disabilities complete fewer academic courses by the end…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Disadvantaged, Learning Disabilities, High School Students
Burr, Elizabeth; Haas, Eric; Ferriere, Karen – Regional Educational Laboratory West, 2015
While the literature on learning disabilities and on second-language acquisition is relatively extensive within the field of education, less is known about the specific characteristics and representation of English learner students with learning disabilities. Because there are no definitive resources and processes for identifying and determining…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Learning Disabilities, Second Language Learning
Sullivan, Amanda L. – Exceptional Children, 2011
This study explored the extent of disproportionality in the identification and placement of culturally and linguistically diverse students identified as English language learners in special education. Descriptive statistics and regression analyses examined patterns and predictors of identification and placement in special education among English…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Learning Disabilities, Disproportionate Representation, Second Language Learning
Alvarez, Stefanie Jennifer – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2004 (IDEA) was reauthorized to include accountability targets to address disproportionality in special education categories. While socioeconomic disadvantaged students were not identified as a target subgroup by IDEA, the goal of closing the achievement gap for all students has been at the forefront in…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Learning Disabilities, Social Justice, Evidence
Nguyen, Huong Tran – Issues in Teacher Education, 2012
The Census 2000 Brief (U.S. Department of Commerce, 2004b) indicates that English is not the heritage language of approximately one in five Americans, and the number of limited English proficient (LEP) students, also known as English language learners (ELLs), grew about 50 percent in the last decade. It is estimated that nearly 400,000 ELL…
Descriptors: General Education, Learning Disabilities, Special Education, Student Placement
