Black kindergartners are 3.4 percentage points less likely to be identified for special education than similar white students, according to calculations by four professors writing for Education Next.
“Black and Hispanic students are placed in special education more often than their peers when they are in majority-white schools,” write Todd E. Elder, David Figlio, Scott Imberman and Claudia Persico. “But in predominately minority schools, when surrounded by other non-white students, Black and Hispanic students are less likely to be placed in special education.”
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