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Ethnic/Racial disparities in Disciplinary Alternative Education Program placements for Texas Grade 6, 7 and 8 boys: A statewide, multiyear analysis

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Submitted   Nov 19, 2019
Published   Jan 28, 2020
Issue    Vol 1 No 1 (2020)
DOI   10.25082/AERE.2020.01.006

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Edward L Lopez
Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, USA
John R Slate corresponding author
Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, USA

Abstract

In this investigation, the extent to which Disciplinary Alternative Education Program placement assignments differed as a function of ethnicity/race (i.e., Black, Hispanic, White, Asian) for Grade 6, 7, and 8 boys was determined.  Archival data were obtained from the Texas Education Agency Public Education Information Management System on all middle school students for the 2011-2012, 2013-2014, 2014-2015, and 2015-2016 school years.  Inferential statistical procedures yielded statistically significant differences for all four school years with below small effect sizes.  For each year, in each grade level, a stair-step effect was present.  Grade 6 through Grade 8 Black boys received a Disciplinary Alternative Education Program placement statistically significantly more often than their peers at all three grade levels.  Similarly, Grade 6 through Grade 8 Hispanic boys received statistically significantly more instances of a Disciplinary Alternative Education Program placement than did White and Asian boys.  Recommendations for research and implications are discussed along with suggestions for policy and practice.

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disciplinary inequities, Disciplinary Alternative Education Program placements, ethnicity-race, Black, Hispanic, White, Asian, Grade 6, 7 and 8 boys

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Lopez, E., & Slate, J. (2020). Ethnic/Racial disparities in Disciplinary Alternative Education Program placements for Texas Grade 6, 7 and 8 boys: A statewide, multiyear analysis. Advances in Educational Research and Evaluation, 1(1), 33-42. https://doi.org/10.25082/AERE.2020.01.006
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