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Download full textRoddy Theobald; Dan Goldhaber; Andrew Katz – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2024
We use student-level data on elementary special education identification from Washington state to explore student identification rates in the months immediately after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and over 2 subsequent years. Special education identification rates dropped dramatically in March 2020 through the end of the 2019-20 school year…
Descriptors: Special Education, Elementary School Students, Disability Identification, COVID-19
Roddy Theobald; Dan Goldhaber; Andrew Katz – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2024
We analyze student-level data on elementary special education identification in Washington state to explore how identification rates changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. We find that special education identification rates dropped dramatically in March 2020 through the end of the 2019-20 school year and remained below historical norms throughout…
Descriptors: Special Education, Students with Disabilities, Elementary School Students, Disability Identification
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Direct linkLindsey Kaler; Roddy Theobald; Nathan Jones; Elizabeth Bettini – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024
Background/Context: Staff turnover is a critical issue for practitioners and policymakers alike. Especially since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, significant attention has been dedicated to developing policy interventions to address high staff shortages. Intervention around staffing instability may be particularly pertinent for special…
Descriptors: Teacher Aides, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Faculty Mobility, Outcomes of Education
Ben Backes; James Cowan; Dan Goldhaber; Zeyu Jin; Roddy Theobald – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2024
Graduates of special education teacher education programs can teach in a range of special education settings, raising the potential that their training can occur in very different settings than where they find their first jobs. We follow 263 completers of Moderate Disabilities programs in Massachusetts from their field placements to their…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Special Education Teachers, Student Teaching, Student Placement
Roddy Theobald; Zeyu Xu; Alli Gilmour; Lisa Lachlan-Hache; Elizabeth Bettini; Nathan Jones – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024
Background: School systems have struggled to staff special education positions for decades (Billingsley, 1993; Cowan et al., 2016; Mason-Williams et al., 2020), but recent data suggest special education staffing challenges are now a crisis. As of October 2023, 21% of schools, and 30% of high-poverty schools, reported at least one special educator…
Descriptors: Teacher Shortage, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Salaries, Public School Teachers
Roddy Theobald; Dan Goldhaber; Erica Mallett Moore – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2024
The authors use data on high school students and teachers from Washington state to connect the observable characteristics and preparation of career and technical education (CTE) teachers to various non-test outcomes (absences, disciplinary incidents, grades, grade progression, and on-time graduation) of students with and without disabilities in…
Descriptors: High School Students, High School Teachers, Students with Disabilities, Teacher Student Relationship
