Teacher Efficacy and Teacher Special Education Referral of Students of Color

• In Event: Poster Session 5
  In Poster Session: The English Learners in the Mainstream (ELM) Project: A Comprehensive Teacher Training Model

Abstract

Public Schools in the United States are more racially, ethnically, and linguistically diverse than ever and this diversity is projected to increase. In 2014, a demographic milestone in America happened. For the first time minorities (Black Americans, Hispanics, and Asians) outnumbered whites among the nation’s public school students for the first time (Krogstad & Fry, 2014) The United States Public School Systems are faced with a disproportionate number of culturally and linguistically diverse students being misplaced in special education programs.

Authors

• Douglas M. Butler, Prairie View A&M University

• Brittney Goodman Pettis, Prairie View A&M University

• Jerrel Moore, Prairie View A&M University