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Corporate Author National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Minority Representation in Special Education.

Title Minority students in special and gifted education / Committee on Minority Representation in Special Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council ; M. Suzanne Donovan and Christopher T. Cross, editors.

Imprint Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, ©2002.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  371.9 N277MI    Check Shelf
Description xii, 484 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 386-462) and index.
Form Also issued online.
Contents 1. The context of special and gifted education -- 2. Representation of minority students in special and gifted education -- 3. Influences on cognitive and behavioral development -- 4. Early intervention programs -- 5. The general education context -- 6. The legal context and the referral process -- 7. Assessment practices, definitions and classification criteria -- 8. Alternative approaches to assessment -- 9. Weighing the benefits of placement -- 10. Recommendations.
Summary Special education and gifted and talented programs were designed for children whose educational needs are not well met in regular classrooms. From their inceptions, these programs have had disproportionate representation of racial and ethnic minority students. What causes this disproportion? Is it a problem? This book considers possible contributors to that disparity, including early biological and environmental influences and inequities in opportunities for preschool and K-12 education, as well as the possibilities of bias in the referral and assessment system that leads to placement in special programs. It examines the data on early childhood experience, on differences in educational opportunity, and on referral and placement.
Subject Special education -- Government policy -- United States.
Minorities -- Education -- Government policy -- United States.
Educational equalization -- Government policy -- United States.
Educational equalization -- Government policy. (OCoLC)fst00903422
Minorities -- Education -- Government policy. (OCoLC)fst01023123
Special education -- Government policy. (OCoLC)fst01128865
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Begabung.
Behinderung.
Erziehung.
Kind.
Nationale Minderheit.
United States.
Added Author Donovan, Suzanne.
Cross, Christopher T.
ISBN 0309074398
9780309074391
Standard No. 40008356591
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