Date of Award
5-2019
Culminating Project Type
Starred Paper
Degree Name
Special Education: M.S.
Department
Special Education
College
School of Education
First Advisor
Bradley Kaffar
Second Advisor
Jennifer Christensen
Third Advisor
Semya Hakim
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Keywords and Subject Headings
overrepresentation, disproportionality, minority, special education, referral, assessment, placement, systemic bias, racial disparities, teacher perceptions, student disabilities, and universal screening
Abstract
The purpose of this paper was to review the literature and research that examines the overrepresentation of African American students enrolled in special education programs and give reasons as to why this overrepresentation continues to occur.
Recommended Citation
Kihle, Kelsey, "The Overrepresentation of African American Students in Special Education" (2019). Culminating Projects in Special Education. 74.
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/sped_etds/74
