PA550: Identifying Disproportionality: The Relationship Between Hypersegregation and Discipline Disparities

Saturday, February 17, 2024
8:00 AM–8:50 AM CST

  • PMD: 1,10
  • Cost: Included in Registration
  • Skill Level: Advanced
  • Poster Session 1: Promoting Diversity and Multicultural Competence in School Psychology

Learner Objectives

This session will help participants…

  1. competently compare how different disproportionality metrics alter resulting conclusions;
  2. effectively calculate discipline disproportionality; and
  3. apply a critical quantitative lens to the selection of disproportionality metrics.

Description

School hypersegregation decreases the identification of discipline disparity using current metrics (risk ratio) due to lack of appropriate comparison groups. Come learn calculation metric alternatives to increase effective identification.

Presenter(s)

Stephanie M. Grant, Xavier University of Louisiana
Jimmy Caldwell, Xavier University of Louisiana

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