The context of minority disproportionality: Practitioner perspectives on special education referral

Teachers College Record

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1424-1459

  Skiba, Russell ^a,b   Simmons, Ada ^a   Ritter, Shana ^a   Kohler, Kristin ^a   Henderson, Michelle ^a   Wu, Tony ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Evaluation and Education Policy

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EID: 33745289570     PISSN: 01614681     EISSN: 14679620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9620.2006.00699.x     Document Type: Article

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