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ERIC Number: ED581424
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Jun
Pages: 41
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Special Education Identification in the Louisiana Scholarship Program. Technical Report. Louisiana Scholarship Program Evaluation Report #8
Tuchman, Sivan; Wolf, Patrick J.
School Choice Demonstration Project
The debate over school vouchers continues as more states offer government dollars to fund private schooling for students as a method of improving choice and quality in K-12 education. Previous research in the charter school sector has found that special education enrollment discrepancies between charters and traditional public schools is likely due to a mixture in parental choice making, differential identification practices, and the removal of special education labels. This study is the first experimental analysis of the impact of a enrollment in a private school choice program on special education identification and de-identification. Using data for almost 2,000 students who were randomly assigned to private schools in the Louisiana Scholarship Program (LSP), we find no statistically significant over impact of enrollment in a student's first choice school on being either identified or de-identified in special education. Analyzing annual trends results in lower probabilities of identification for students in the LSP in Year 2 and Year 3 of the program and higher probabilities of de-identification in Year 2.
School Choice Demonstration Project. Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas, 201 Graduate Education Building, Fayetteville, AR 72701. Tel: 479-575-3172; Fax: 479-575-3196; e-mail: edreform@uark.edu; Web site: http://www.uaedreform.org/scho
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Smith Richardson Foundation
Authoring Institution: University of Arkansas, School Choice Demonstration Project (SCDP); Education Research Alliance for New Orleans (ERA)
Identifiers - Location: Louisiana
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; Rehabilitation Act 1973 (Section 504); Americans with Disabilities Act 1990; Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments 1997; Education for All Handicapped Children Act
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A
IES Cited: ED580291