Hypocrisy, State Policy, and African American Students With Disabilities: The Guise of Access. Issue 1 (January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tabron, Lolita A.; Ramlackhan, Karen
• Other Names: Diem Sarah guest-editor.; Young Michelle D. guest-editor.; Sampson Carrie guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Educational policy. Volume 33:Issue 1(2019)
• Page Start: 181
• Page End: 204
• Publication Date: 2019-01
• Subjects: critical policy analysis -- college access -- special education -- DisCrit -- critical quantitative inquiry; Education and state -- United States -- Periodicals; Education -- Periodicals; 379.2
• DOI: 10.1177/0895904818807308
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0895-9048

Abstract

We critically examined the odds of earning a college preparatory diploma for African American high school seniors receiving special education services under Texas's Top 10% Policy (TTPP). Critical policy analysis was used to explore the meritocratic guise of college access for African American youth with disabilities, and through DisCrit, theorized TTPP's broader effect on the social stratification and creation of policy "winners" and "losers." Results from multilevel logistic regression models indicate African American students are nearly twice as likely to be identified with disabilities as their peers and are the least likely to earn a college preparatory diploma in Texas.