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ERIC Number: ED650090
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 25
Abstractor: As Provided
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Are Effective Teachers for Students with Disabilities Effective Teachers for All?
W. Jesse Wood; Ijun Lai; Neil R. Filosa; Scott A. Imberman; Nathan D. Jones; Katharine O. Strunk
Grantee Submission
The success of students with disabilities (SWDs) depends on access to high-quality general education teachers. Yet, teacher value-added measures (VAMs) generally fail to distinguish between effectiveness in educating students with or without disabilities. Using data from the Los Angeles Unified School District, we create two VAMs: one focusing on teachers' effectiveness for SWDs and one for non-SWDs. We find that many top-performing teachers for non-SWDs have relatively lower VAMs for SWDs and vice versa, and that on average SWDs have teachers with lower scores in both VAMs than non-SWDs. Overall, SWD-specific VAMs may be more suitable for identifying which teachers have a history of effectiveness with SWDs and could play a role in informing student assignment to teachers. [This is the online first version of an article published in "Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis."]
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
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Identifiers - Location: California (Los Angeles)
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305B200009
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