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Winters, Marcus A.; Carpenter, Dick M., II; Clayton, Grant – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2017
We use administrative data to measure whether attending a charter school in Denver, Colorado, reduces the likelihood that students are newly classified as having a disability in primary grades. We employ an observational approach that takes advantage of Denver's Common Enrollment System, which allows us to observe each school that the student…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Special Education, Elementary School Students, Probability
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Dhuey, Elizabeth; Lipscomb, Stephen – Economics of Education Review, 2010
This study extends recent findings of a relationship between the relative age of students among their peers and their probability of disability classification. Using three nationally representative surveys spanning 1988-2004 and grades K-10, we find that an additional month of relative age decreases the likelihood of receiving special education…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Achievement Gains, Classification, Probability
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Elder, Todd E.; Lubotsky, Darren H. – Journal of Human Resources, 2009
We present evidence that the positive relationship between kindergarten entrance age and school achievement primarily reflects skill accumulation prior to kindergarten, rather than a heightened ability to learn in school among older children. The association between achievement test scores and entrance age appears during the first months of…
Descriptors: Income, Grade Repetition, Learning Disabilities, Family Characteristics