ERIC Number: ED577463
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Oct
Pages: 15
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Cross-Cohort Evidence of Disparities in Service Receipt for Speech or Language Impairments
Morgan, Paul L.; Farkas, George; Hillemeier, Marianne M.; Li, Hui; Pun, Wik Hung; Cook, Michael
Grantee Submission, Exceptional Children v84 n1 p27-41 Oct 2017
We examined the extent to which disparities in the receipt of special education services for speech or language impairments (SLIs) on the basis of race, ethnicity, or language use by kindergarten--when the delivery of these services might be expected to be most effective- have changed over a 12-year period in the United States. Logistic regression modeling of 2 nationally representative cohorts (N = 16,800 and 12,080) indicated that children who are Black (covariate-adjusted odds ratios = 0.39 and 0.54) or from non-English-speaking households (covariate-adjusted odds ratios = 0.57 and 0.50) continue to be less likely to receive services for SLIs. Hispanic children are now less likely to receive these services (covariate adjusted odds ratio = 0.54) than otherwise similar non-Hispanic White children. Disparities in special education service receipt for SLIs attributable to race, ethnicity, and language presently occur in the United States and are not explained by many potential confounds. [This article was published in "Exceptional Children" (EJ1158178).]
Descriptors: African American Students, Cohort Analysis, Disproportionate Representation, Ethnicity, Hispanic American Students, Kindergarten, Language Impairments, Longitudinal Studies, Multiple Regression Analysis, Non English Speaking, Race, Special Education, Speech Impairments, Statistical Analysis, Surveys, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Kindergarten; Primary Education; Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (NIH)
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R324A120046; P2CHD041025
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