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Language-Minority Learners in Special Education: Rates and Predictors of Identification for Services
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Using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort, this study was designed to investigate proportional representation, identification rates, and predictors of language-minority (LM) learners in special education using a nationally representative sample of kindergarten, first graders, and third graders. The findings indicate that although LM learners were underrepresented in special education in kindergarten and first grade, they were overrepresented in third grade across all disability categories. LM status, teacher ratings of language and literacy skills, and reading proficiency level were significant predictors of placement in special education. Kindergarten teacher ratings of language and literacy skills were highly predictive of subsequent placement in special education. The implications for developing a model of early identification, the response-to-intervention model in particular, for LM learners at risk for academic difficulties are discussed.
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“Samson and Lesaux (2009) used the nationally representative dataset ECLS-K to determine that language minority students are identified later and in higher proportions than their native-English-speaking peers, being underrepresented in special education in kindergarten and first grade, but overrepresented by the 3rd grade.”
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- Authors
- Samson, J. F., & Lesaux, N. K.
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (US)
- ORCID
- Lesaux, Nonie K.
- Venue
- Journal of Learning Disabilities
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2008-12-10
- Volume
- 42
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 148-162
- ISSN
- 0022-2194 (ISSN-L)
- 1538-4780
- OpenAlex
- W2164207710
- Cited by
- 224
- References
- 37
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 5.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Learning Disabilities (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Reading and Literacy Development
- Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Multilingual Education and Policy
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Behavioral and Psychological Studies
- Keywords
- special education placement, disproportionality, early identification of disabilities, Response to Intervention, reading proficiency, academic difficulties, early childhood education, bilingual education
- MeSH terms
- Child, Preschool, Cross-Sectional Studies, Dyslexia, Education, Special, Female, Humans, Infant, Language Development Disorders, Learning Disabilities, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Mass Screening, Minority Groups, United States, Cohort Studies, Early Intervention, Educational, Multilingualism, Early Diagnosis
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