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When Being Special Ain't So Special: Educator Race and Gender as Predictors of Black and Latino Male Special Education Referrals

Revels-Turner, Courtney c
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1663956295476668

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2022, Doctor of Education, Ashland University, College of Education.
The purpose of this study was to examine the phenomenon of implicit bias in the referral process for special education. The study explored the relationship between independent variables such as student and teacher race/ethnicity, gender of teacher, teachers’ years of teaching experience, and how likely teachers would refer a male student for special education and if there are significant differences in teacher rating of severity based on a student’s race/ethnicity in Ohio’s eight large urban school districts. This qualitative, correlational study used a survey methodology that included pictures to examine if student and teacher demographic variables predicted how likely a teacher would refer Black and Latino male students for special education evaluation. Critical race theory and social exclusion theory guided this research. Results from a Pearson correlation, multiple linear regression, and ANOVA revealed that years of teaching experience was associated with a higher likelihood to refer, and an increase in level of severity was also associated with a higher likelihood to refer. The findings showed a direct correlation between years of experience, likelihood to refer, and severity of behavior rating. Frequencies and percentages were used to describe the trends in the nominal-level variables. Means and standard deviations were used to summarize the continuous-level variables.
Judy Alston (Committee Chair)
146 p.
African American Studies; African Americans; Education; Special Education; Teaching
Teacher referrals, disproportionality, special education, over-identification, racialization, social exclusion, critical race theory, teacher demographics

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  • Revels-Turner, C. C. (2022). When Being Special Ain't So Special: Educator Race and Gender as Predictors of Black and Latino Male Special Education Referrals [Doctoral dissertation, Ashland University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1663956295476668

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Revels-Turner, Courtney. When Being Special Ain't So Special: Educator Race and Gender as Predictors of Black and Latino Male Special Education Referrals . 2022. Ashland University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1663956295476668.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Revels-Turner, Courtney. "When Being Special Ain't So Special: Educator Race and Gender as Predictors of Black and Latino Male Special Education Referrals ." Doctoral dissertation, Ashland University, 2022. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1663956295476668

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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