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ERIC Number: EJ1330766
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Apr
Pages: 30
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-8312
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The Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools Program and High School Completion
Yin, Michelle; Siwach, Garima; Belyakova, Yulia
American Educational Research Journal, v59 n2 p315-344 Apr 2022
Despite an increase in special education enrollment, a stark gap in high school completion between students with and without disabilities persists. This study examined the impact of Unified Champion Schools (UCS), a Special Olympics program designed to foster social inclusion through three components--Unified Sports, Inclusive Youth Leadership, and Whole School Engagement--on high school graduation rates. Using a novel dataset and a difference-in-differences design, we found that implementing the UCS program increased the graduation rate by 1.1 percentage points for all students and 1.4 percentage points for students with disabilities. The increase in schooling outcomes for students with disabilities in UCS schools also was found to be positively correlated with perceptions about a more socially inclusive school environment.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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