Factors Influencing the Identification of Black and White Students with Learning Disabilities.

McLeskey, James; And Others

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Publication Date: 1990

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Factors Influencing the Identification of Black and White Students with Learning Disabilities.

McLeskey, James; And Others

Journal of Learning Disabilities, v23 n6 p362-66 Jun-Jul 1990

This study of 218 White and 132 Black students (mean age=10.3) referred for possible learning disability services found that Black subjects were more likely to exhibit a severe discrepancy between expected and actual achievement levels when using a regression procedure than when using a standard score comparison procedure. (Author/JDD)

Descriptors: Black Students, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Handicap Identification, Influences, Learning Disabilities, Regression (Statistics), Student Evaluation, White Students

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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