Federal policy on disproportionality in special education: Is it moving US forward?

Journal of Disability Policy Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-25

  Albrecht, Susan Fread ^a   Skiba, Russell J ^b   Losen, Daniel J ^c   Chung, Choong Geun ^b   Middelberg, Laura ^b  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

disproportionality; measuring disproportionality; racial disparity; special education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860528160     PISSN: 10442073     EISSN: 15384802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1044207311407917     Document Type: Article

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