Post-capitation disability-rate declines were concentrated in subjectively diagnosed categories and occurred more quickly in less severe categories¶
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Evidence · 1 study · associationalr?·q2
Currency · newest study 2011 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2016: baselines and conditions change
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q2 i? Declines in disability identification after capitation reforms were primarily in more subjectively diagnosed disability categories and happened more quickly in less severe categories. → Elizabeth Dhuey 2011
Evidence¶
Elizabeth Dhuey 2011¶
Elizabeth Dhuey, Stephen Lipscomb. (2011). Funding Special Education by Capitation: Evidence from State Finance Reforms. Education Finance and Policy, vol. 6, no. 2. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/funding-special-education-by-capitation-evidence-from-state-finance-reforms doi:10.1162/edfp_a_00031
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An observational study of state special education finance over 1991-92 to 2003-04 reports declines were "primarily in more subjectively diagnosed categories and more quickly in less severe categories." No effect size is printed.
"Disability rates tended to fall following capitation reforms, primarily in more subjectively diagnosed categories and more quickly in less severe categories."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Disability rates tended to fall following state special education capitation finance reforms — a broader claim this one bears on
- Capitation-based special education finance was associated with a rising share of local funding — related
- The initiative was associated with an overall increase in promotions to the next grade, concentrated among special education students — related
- Census funding is viewed as a cost-containment approach for special education finance — related
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Post-capitation disability-rate declines were concentrated in subjectively diagnosed categories and occurred more quickly in less severe categories |
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Post-capitation disability-rate declines were concentrated in subjectively diagnosed categories and occurred more quickly in less severe categories |
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2016 |
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