Disability rates tended to fall following state special education capitation finance reforms¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r? · q2
Currency · newest study 2011 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? State special education disability rates tended to decline following the adoption of capitation-based finance policies. → 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

q2 · i? · causal · r?

The study examined state responses to capitation policies for special education finance between 1991 to 1992 and 2003 to 2004, finding that "Disability rates tended to fall following capitation reforms." 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¶

Learner Variables¶

• Learning Disabilities and Developmental Differences — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• Post-capitation disability-rate declines were concentrated in subjectively diagnosed categories and occurred more quickly in less severe categories — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Capitation-based special education finance was associated with a rising share of local funding — related
• Census funding is viewed as a cost-containment approach for special education finance — related
• Census funding has raised concerns about funding equity — related