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Harry, Beth; Fenton, Patrice – Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse Exceptional Learners, 2016
This article reviews 15 qualitative studies examining factors contributing to the overrepresentation of minorities in special education. Eleven studies constituted numerical surveys of practitioner perspectives, with additional questions that were analyzed qualitatively. Four studies relied on face-to-face interviews or qualitative surveys,…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Disproportionate Representation, Minority Group Students, Interviews
Gleason, Philip M. – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2016
The charter school sector in the United States has grown steadily since the first charter school opened in 1992. As of the 2015-2016 school year, more than 6,800 charter schools served nearly 3 million students in forty states and the District of Columbia. Overall, research suggests that the average charter school performs about the same as nearby…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Success, Educational Practices, Academic Achievement