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Direct linkSonya D. Mellerson – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Historically, African American students have been overrepresented in special education (National Education Association [NEA], 2007. Specifically, African American students have been identified with an emotional disturbance (ED) in special education at an excessive rate in comparison to students of other racial and ethnic categories (Office of…
Descriptors: African American Students, Special Education, Emotional Disturbances, Disability Identification
Peer reviewedAnderson, Kristen G. – Annals of Dyslexia, 1997
Argues that gender bias among referring agents is a major factor in the unequal distribution of males and females in learning disabilities programs. Discusses the role of male hyperactive or disruptive classroom behavior in the disproportionately large number of males referred to learning disabilities programs. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Disability Identification, Disproportionate Representation, Educational Diagnosis
