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Peer reviewedArtiles, Alfredo J.; Aguirre-Munoz, Zenaida; Abedi, Jamal – Exceptional Children, 1998
A study used data from the National Education Longitudinal Study to identify predictors of placement for eighth-grade ethnic-minority students (n=3,439) in learning-disability (LD) programs. Results found that although some factors predicted placement in LD programs for all ethnic groups, placement predictors also varied by student ethnicity.…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Family Influence, Grade 8, Junior High Schools
