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Overrepresentation of minority students: The case for greater specificity or reconsideration of the variables examined.

In examining the issue of overrepresentation of minority students in special education, this article distinguishes between the percentage of category or program by group and percentage of group in category or program, which provide very different perspectives. Caution in interpreting data from the Office of Civil Rights relating "race/ethnicity" to "placement in disability category" is also urged.

• Author/Creator: MacMillan, Donald L., Reschly, Daniel J.
• Date Published: Spring
• Journal/Secondary Title: The Journal of Special Education
• Number: 1
• Volume: 32
• Year: 1998

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NCCRESt: People: Students
• Subject: Disability Identification
• Subject: Equity and Excellence in Urban Schools
• Subject: Minority Group Children
• Subject: Overrepresentation
• Subject: Special education

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