ERIC Number: EJ1471328
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Jun
Pages: 25
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0162-3737
EISSN: EISSN-1935-1062
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Are Effective Teachers for Students with Disabilities Effective Teachers for All?
W. Jesse Wood1; Ijun Lai2; Neil R. Filosa3; Scott A. Imberman3; Nathan D. Jones4; Katharine O. Strunk5
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, v47 n2 p355-379 2025
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.
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Students with Disabilities, Success, Educational Quality, Value Added Models, Student Placement, Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Characteristics, Inclusion, Regular and Special Education Relationship
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Related Records: ED650090
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: California (Los Angeles)
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305B200009
Department of Education Funded: Yes
Author Affiliations: 1Abt Associates; 2Mathematica; 3Michigan State University; 4Boston University; 5University of Pennsylvania