ERIC Number: EJ1287478
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Mar
Pages: 12
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Teacher Quality Gaps by Disability and Socioeconomic Status: Evidence from Los Angeles
Lai, Ijun; Wood, W. Jesse; Imberman, Scott A.; Jones, Nathan D.; Strunk, Katharine O.
Educational Researcher, v50 n2 p74-85 Mar 2021
Although most students with disabilities (SWDs) receive instruction from general education teachers, little empirical work has investigated whether these students have suitable access to high-quality teachers. We explore the differences in teacher quality experienced by SWDs and students without disabilities (non-SWDs) in the Los Angeles Unified School District, examining how access varies within schools as well as across school-level disadvantage rates. We leverage several different indicators of teacher effectiveness for general education teachers who instruct both SWDs and non-SWDs. We find that SWDs are significantly more likely to have teachers with lower math value-added (-0.024 standard deviations) than their non-SWD peers, and we find emerging gaps in teacher evaluation scores and exposure to novice teachers. In general, these gaps do not vary by school-level disadvantage.
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Evaluation, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Beginning Teachers, Students with Disabilities, Student Experience, Socioeconomic Status, Poverty, Disadvantaged Schools, Public Schools, Urban Schools, Equal Education, Teacher Distribution, Kindergarten, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California (Los Angeles)
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