Assessing the Root Causes of Disparities in School Discipline is a U.S. Department of Education publication created with the National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments. The document intends to help guide school communities as they work to create positive, equitable educational environments for all students.
Safe Supportive Learning. Addressing the Root Causes of Disparities in School Discipline: An Educator’s Action Planning Guide. 2015. Washington, D.C.
A leader in inclusive education for students with disabilities, Stetson provides this tool for educators to determine how they can better serve students within the general education setting.
Stetson, Frances. 2018. Assessment of School Practices Related to Inclusive Education. Houston: Stetson and Associates.
As discipline continues to be a primary indicator of inequity in schools, NYU provides this assessment measure to help educators identify discipline outcomes in relationship to positive behavioral support systems.
NYU Steinhardt. nd. Behavioral Analysis Workbook. New York University: Metropolitan Center for Urban Education.
Form A: Administrators; Form B: Assessment Only. A self-study tool that assists district teams in examining policies, procedures, and practices in general and special education to prevent disproportionality. It is ideal for school-level self-assessments and well suited for small districts.
Heraldo Richards, Alfredo Artiles, Janette Klingner, and Ayanna Brown (2005) National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems.
Developed by NYU, this workbook functions as an additional tool to help determine the institutional and personal contributions to racial inequity in schools.
Kramarczuk Voulgarides, Catherine, and Zwerger, Natalie. n.d. Identifying the Root Causes of Disproportionality. New York University: Metropolitan Center on Equity and the Transformation of Schools.
This tool assists educators in assessing six domains when reviewing educational policies and procedures to uncover their potential inequitable outcomes.
Great Lakes Equity Center. 2015. Policy Equity Analysis Tool.
This CDE-approved tool guides the examination of LEA practices once data suggest that serious and inappropriate disproportionate referral, identification, and placement of students who are culturally and linguistically diverse may be occurring. This rubric is ideal for mid to large size districts and supports their completion of a district-wide self-assessment and strategic planning process.
Kozleski, E., Zion, S. Preventing DISPROPORTIONALITY by Strengthening District Policies and Procedures — An Assessment and Strategic Planning Process. National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems, 2006.
Intended to discontinue individual and systemic equity gaps, this tool helps users identify equitable policies, practices, and values.
Seattle Public Schools. nd. Racial Equity Analysis Tool.
According to the author, the Racial Equity Impact Assessment (REIA) is a systematic examination of how different racial and ethnic groups will likely be affected by a proposed action or decision. The tool is used to minimize unintended consequences of policy and practice.
Keleher, Terry. 2009. Applied Research Center. Racial Equity Impact Assessment. Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation.
