Other Publications and Web Sites on Overrepresentation of Minorities and English Language Learners in Special Education

A checklist for improving your annual performance report for indicator 13
National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center

  Addressing Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students: Overrepresentation in Special Education: Guidelines for Parents
by Alfredo Artiles and Beth Harry, NCCRESt

The Data Analysis Workbook
Provides step-by-step procedures for school districts to develop their own capacity to measure disproportionality.

DVD Media Resource: Effective Assessment for Effective Learning: Seven Instructional Principles for Guiding Student Achievement
This DVD featuring Linda Darling-Hammond, Carol Tomlinson, Jay McTighe, Larry Bell, Michael Fullan and many others, and based on the ASCD Leadership article titled "Seven Practices for Effective Learning" (McTighe @ O'Connor, 2005).

See resources at the The Equity Alliance at ASU

Inclusive Classroom: Mathematics and Science Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory

Inclusive Classroom: Meeting the Needs of Gifted Students - Differentiating Mathematics and Science Instruction
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory

See resources at the Mid-Atlantic Equity Center

On the Nexus of Race, Disability, and Overrepresentation: What do we know? Where do we go?
National Institute for Urban School Improvement

Promoting Excellence Series for the design or evaluation of services for English language learners, by the George Washington University Center for Equity and Excellence in Education

See resources at the Southeastern Equity Center

State Assessment Policy and Practice for English Language Learners: A National Perspective
George Washington University Center for Equity and Excellence in Education

Status and Trends in the Education of Racial and Ethnic Minorities
U.S. Department of Education