Contribution of Race, Primary Language, Family Structure and Pre-Kindergarten Attendance to the Odds of Being Classified as Having a Specific Learning Disability by the Third Grade

Autor/in	Roring, Catherine Mary
Titel	Contribution of Race, Primary Language, Family Structure and Pre-Kindergarten Attendance to the Odds of Being Classified as Having a Specific Learning Disability by the Third Grade
Quelle	(2013), (70 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, Oklahoma State University
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-3034-8010-2
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; At Risk Students; Racial Differences; Ethnic Groups; Family Characteristics; Language Usage; Family Environment; Preschool Education; Probability; Predictor Variables; Disability Identification; Regression (Statistics); Socioeconomic Influences; Poverty; Minority Group Students; White Students; English (Second Language); Grade 3; Elementary School Students; Longitudinal Studies; Surveys; Children; Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Rassenunterschied; Ethnie; Sprachgebrauch; Familienmilieu; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Prädiktor; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Armut; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Child; Kind; Kinder
Abstract	Many risk factors have been identified for children entering Kindergarten. Many at-risk children eventually get classified as having a Specific Learning disability. Some of these risk factors include having a primary home language other than English (Hosp & Reschly, 2004), having non-intact families (Pong, 1997), being of minority status (Losen & Orfield, 2002; Morgan, Farkas and Hibel, 2008) and not attending a quality pre-school (Lee, 2010). This study analyzed ECLS-K data to examine the extent to which race, family composition, primary home language, and pre-kindergarten attendance predict the likelihood of children being classified with a specific learning disability (SLD) by spring of third grade. Four logistic regressions were completed: one which analyzed for the entire sample and three others which separately analyzed these predictive variables for students attending low, medium, and high poverty schools. When analyzing the entire model, these predictors were not found to have much power, however when each SES group were analyzed, interesting results were found. In low SES schools, students who were minorities had odds twice as high as those who were White of being classified SLD, and those who did not speak English as their primary language had odds that were three times as high. Having attended Pre-K lowered these students' odds of being labeled. In middle SES schools, once again non-English as the primary language led to higher odds of being classified SLD, but race had an opposite trend, with White children having higher odds of being given this label. In the wealthiest schools, coming from a non-intact family actually led to lower rates of classification as SLD, as did not speaking English at home. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01