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ERIC Number: EJ1333729
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Apr
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-0014-4029
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Disparities in Access to Well-Qualified, Well-Supported Special Educators across Higher- versus Lower-Poverty Schools over Time
Bettini, Elizabeth; Nguyen, Tuan D.; Gilmour, Allison F.; Redding, Christopher
Exceptional Children, v88 n3 p283-301 Apr 2022
Scholars have documented long-standing disparities in access to well-qualified, well-supported teachers, including disparities in access to special education teachers (SETs), based on student socioeconomic status. In response, policy initiatives have aimed to incentivize teaching in higher-poverty schools. Thus, we examined changes over time in disparities between SETs' demands and resources (including internal resources, such as qualifications, and school-based resources, such as adequate materials), using multiple waves of the nationally representative Schools and Staffing Survey. We found that, by one metric, disparities in certification have closed since 2000. However, SETs in higher poverty schools are significantly more likely to work in self-contained settings than those in lower-poverty schools, and disparities in school-based resources continue to be significant, such that SETs in higher-poverty schools were significantly more likely to teach in self-contained classes, rated teacher cooperation significantly lower, and reported having significantly weaker access to material resources.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Schools and Staffing Survey (NCES); National Teacher and Principal Survey (NCES)
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