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- Title
Impact of North Carolina’s Early Childhood Initiatives on Special Education Placements in Third Grade.
- Authors
Muschkin, Clara G.; Ladd, Helen F.; Dodge, Kenneth A.
- Abstract
This study examines the community-wide effects of investments in two early childhood initiatives in North Carolina (Smart Start and More at Four) on the likelihood of a student being placed into special education. We take advantage of variation across North Carolina counties and years in the timing of the introduction and funding levels of the two programs to identify their effects on third-grade outcomes. We find that both programs significantly reduce the likelihood of special education placement in the third grade, resulting in considerable cost savings to the state. The effects of the two programs differ across categories of disability, but do not vary significantly across subgroups of children identified by race, ethnicity, and maternal education levels.
- Subjects
NORTH Carolina; EARLY childhood education research; SPECIAL education research; ACADEMIC achievement research; EDUCATION of children with disabilities; FINANCING of state governments
- Publication
Educational Evaluation & Policy Analysis, 2015, Vol 37, Issue 4, p478
- ISSN
0162-3737
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3102/0162373714559096