%0 Journal Article
%T Hypocrisy, State Policy, and African American Students With Disabilities: The Guise of Access
%A Karen Ramlackhan
%A Lolita A. Tabron
%J Educational Policy
%@ 1552-3896
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0895904818807308
%X 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
%K critical policy analysis
%K college access
%K special education
%K DisCrit
%K critical quantitative inquiry
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0895904818807308