Applying and Extending QuantCrit: Research Investigation on Overrepresentation in Special Education

• In Event: Methodological Innovations and Advanced Applications Using National and International Databases

Abstract

The field of education urgently needs anti-racist research, aligned with QuantCrit, to address the overrepresentation of Black, Latinx, and Emerging Bilingual students in special education. Our concern about how statistics have been (mis)applied motivated us to consider the possibility of quantitative methods for use in educational research that aims to dismantle white supremacy, and its intersections with other forms of oppression. Therefore, we conducted a comprehensive research study to analyze secondary, restricted data from the 2011 ECLS- K study. The purpose of our paper is to 1) describe how we applied and extended QuantCrit to develop principles of practice to guide our research; and 2) discuss how these principles and our research study advance anti-racist policies and practices in special education.

Authors

• Nicholas Steven Bell, University at Albany
  Presenting Author

• Verónica Nelly Vélez, Western Washington University
  Presenting Author

• Zachary K. Collier, University of Connecticut
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