ERIC Number: ED581424
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Jun
Pages: 41
Abstractor: As Provided
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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.
Descriptors: Scholarships, Special Education, Educational Vouchers, Private School Aid, School Choice, Private Schools, Disability Identification, Enrollment, Charter Schools, Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Equal Education, Federal Legislation, State Departments of Education, Selective Admission, Competitive Selection, Admission (School), Civil Rights Legislation, Educational Quality
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
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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