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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

No Evidence of Bias in Special Ed Eligibility

No Evidence of Bias in Special Ed Eligibility

No Evidence of Bias in Special Ed Eligibility

This interesting study flies in the face of claims that school psychologists over-identify kids for special education based on race.

Surprisingly, the study (showed) no evidence that race, socioeconomic status or referral source