Youth with an IEP are more likely than a decade ago to live in households facing economic challenges¶

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Currency · newest study 2018 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2023: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Between 2003 and 2012, youth with an IEP became more likely to live in households that face economic challenges. → Johanna Lacoe 2018

Evidence¶

Johanna Lacoe 2018¶

Johanna Lacoe, Stephen Lipscomb, Joshua Haimson. (2018). Preparing Youth in Special Education for Life After High School (Fact Sheet). Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/preparing-youth-in-special-education-for-life-after-high-school-in-focus-brief

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The fact sheet reports from the NLTS 2012 decade comparison that "Youth with an IEP are more likely than a decade ago to live in households that face economic challenges." No statistics are printed.

"Youth with an IEP are more likely than a decade ago to live in households that face economic challenges."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Learning Disabilities and Developmental Differences — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

• Youth with an IEP are more likely than their peers to be socioeconomically disadvantaged and to face problems with health, communication, and completing typical tasks independently — related
• Youth with an IEP became more engaged in school and extracurricular activities over the past decade, with little change in grade retention, suspensions, and expulsions — related
• Over the past decade (2003–2012), high school youth with an IEP became more engaged in school and extracurricular activities — related
• In 2012, youth with disabilities were more socioeconomically disadvantaged than their peers, more likely to live in low-income households and with parents receiving federal food benefits — related
• NLTS 2012 is the third in a series of federally sponsored studies of youth with disabilities under IDEA — related
• Among students with an IEP, youth with emotional disturbance or an intellectual disability experienced more positive changes over the past decade than youth in other disability groups — a narrower finding that bears on this claim