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Special-education disproportionality: Waunakee staff report disproportionate referral rates for Black students, small numbers magnify shifts
Summary
District staff presented data showing Black students in Waunakee were referred to special education at higher rates than white students, with 76% of those referred identified in-district and averages of six years in district; administrators said DPI will monitor and staff will adjust MTSS/referral processes.
Tiffany Logan, Waunakee’s special-education director, presented a data overview on June 9 showing higher referral and qualification rates for Black students compared with white students — a difference that meets the state’s threshold for disproportionality.
Tiffany said the district’s total of 21 Black students in special education (the data set reviewed) produces a referral-rate percentage roughly double that of…
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