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Identify the factors contributing to the significant disproportionality.
With assistance from the state, an LEA identified as having significant disproportionality must identify and address the factors contributing to the significant disproportionality, which may include, among other identified factors, a lack of access to scientifically based instruction; economic, cultural, or linguistic barriers to appropriate identification or placement in particular educational settings; inappropriate use of disciplinary removals; lack of access to appropriate diagnostic screenings; differences in academic achievement levels; and policies, practices, or procedures that contribute to the significant disproportionality.
Relevant Regulations
- 34 CFR §300.646
- Significant Disproportionality Final Regulations (pp. 92383–85)
TA centers that help identify factors that contribute to significant disproportionality
U.S. Department of Education–Funded TA Centers
- Data Center for Addressing Significant Disproportionality (DCASD)
DCASD works with state and local education agencies to help build their capacity to identify and address significant disproportionality by more accurately collecting, reporting, analyzing, and using their IDEA data. - IDEA Data Center (IDC)
IDC provides technical assistance to SEAs and LEAs to help them examine the factors that contribute to significant disproportionality and other success gaps as part of its mission to build states’ capacity to collect, report, analyze, and use high-quality IDEA data. - The Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) established PBIS to define, develop, implement, and evaluate a multitiered approach to technical assistance that improves the capacity of states, districts, and schools to establish, scale up, and sustain the PBIS framework. Emphasis is given to the impact of implementing PBIS on the social, emotional, and academic outcomes of students with disabilities.
Other TA Centers
- Civil Rights Project
The Civil Rights Project is dedicated to improving educational opportunities and outcomes for children from subgroups who have been discriminated against historically due to their race/ethnicity, and who are frequently subjected to exclusionary practices such as disciplinary removal, overrepresentation in special education, and reduced access to a college-bound curriculum. - The Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools
The Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools provides leadership and support to students, parents, teachers, administrators, and policymakers to target issues related to educational equity.
Resources to help LEAs identify factors contributing to significant disproportionality in general
U.S. Department of Education Resources
U.S. Department of Education Funded TA Center Resources
- Collaboration for Effective Education Development and Reform (CEEDAR). Innovation Configuration on Culturally Responsive Teaching
- DCASD. Root Cause Analysis Overview
- DCASD. Teaming for Successful Root Cause Analyses
- IDC. Success Gaps Toolkit
- The IDEA Partnership and NASDE. Leading By Convening | Blueprints For Authentic Engagement
- PBIS. Equity – How do we start the conversation? Data, Dialogue, or Decree
Other TA Center Resources
Resources to help LEAs identify factors in the category of identification
U.S. Department of Education Resources
Other TA Center Resources
- Annenberg Institute for School Reform. Promising Practices and Unfinished Business: Fostering Equity and Excellence for Black and Latino Males
- The ILIAD Project. Addressing Overrepresentation of African American Students in Special Education
- Metropolitan Center for Urban Education. Distinguishing Difference from Disability: The Common Causes of Racial/Ethnic Disproportionality in Special Education
Resources to help LEAs identify factors in the category of discipline
U.S. Department of Education Resources
- Rethinking Discipline (Webpage)
U.S. Department of Education Funded TA Center Resources
- Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (ECTA). Expulsion and Suspension in Early Childhood
- Institute of Education Science (IES). Analyzing student-level disciplinary data: A guide for districts
- PBIS. Recommendations for Addressing Discipline Disproportionality in Education
Other TA Center Resources
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