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ERIC Number: EJ351743
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Special Education and Social Structure: The Commonality of "Exceptionality".
Gelb, Steven A.; Mizokawa, Donald T.
American Educational Research Journal, v23 n4 p543-57 Win 1986
The relationship between 13 demographic social variables and the numbers of students placed in four objective and four subjective special education classifications for one school year was examined using 50 states and Washington, DC. None of the objective, but two of the subjective classifications were strongly associated with socioeconomic indicators. (JAZ)
Descriptors: Corporal Punishment, Correlation, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnicity, Learning Disabilities, Learning Problems, Models, Multiple Regression Analysis, National Surveys, Predictor Variables, Socioeconomic Status, Special Education, Suspension
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Office of Special Education