This manual is intended to provide school districts with detailed data-driven processes for identifying the root causes of disproportionality in their district and ensure equitable outcomes.  This manual is the culmination of over 1,000 hours of training with over 900 practitioners throughout New York State from 2004 to 2008.  At the end of this data-driven process, school districts will be able to identify policies, practices, and beliefs implicated in their disproportionality patterns and, more importantly, develop systemwide buy-in and perspective on this equity issue.  (The Technical Assistance Center on Disproportionality is a project of the Metropolitan Center for Urban ...

This series of modules comprises a data-driven investigation to identify the problems causing disproportionate placement of racially diverse students in special education.  It provides a systematic approach for arriving at root causes of disproportionality.  The series is comprised of five six-hour training workshops that support school districts or district membership team on how to: (a) interpret referral and disproportionality data; (b) analyze the impact of community demographics and student achievement; (c) examine school practices, policies and beliefs; (d) weigh current research, and (e) arrive at root cause.  Click on Year One for these modules.  Each includes a ...