Paul L. Morgan|George Farkas|Marianne M. Hillemeier|Steve Maczuga
Are Minority Children Disproportionately Represented in Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education?
Pennsylvania State University|University of California, Irvine|Pennsylvania State University|Pennsylvania State University
investigated whether extent children racialethnic minorities disproportionately represented early intervention andor early childhood special education ececse analyzing large sample 48montholds n7950 participating early childhood longitudinal studybirth cohort eclsb nationally representative dataset children born us 2001 multivariate logistic regression analyses indicate boys or166 children born low birthweight or398 congenital anomalies or217 children engaging externalizing problem behaviors or110 likely represented eiecse children low ses households or48 displaying greater numeracy receptive language knowledge ors96 76 respectively children raised households language english primarily spoken or39 less likely represented eiecse statistical control extensive set additional factors related cognitive behavioral functioning indicated 48monthold children black or24 asian or32 disproportionately underrepresented eiecse us