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Rachel Elizabeth Fish; Kenneth Shores; João M. Souto Maior – Exceptional Children, 2026
This essay provides a two-pronged critical assessment of a subset of the literature on racial disproportionality in special education: that which aims to estimate racial disparities among otherwise similar children. This body of research has shown that Black students are less likely than "comparable" White students to receive special…
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, Race, Special Education, African American Students
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Nicholas S. Bell; Donna Y. Ford; Roderick L. Carey; Zachary Collier; Laura Eisenman; LaRon Scott; Verónica N. Vélez – Exceptional Children, 2026
The resegregation (i.e., overrepresentation) of Black and Latinx students in special education is a longstanding concern of scholars, researchers, and policy makers in the United States. Therefore, we conducted a critical investigation to better understand the causes of resegregation, student experiences in special education, and anti-racist…
Descriptors: Special Education, School Resegregation, Racism, Models