Middle schools with low-performing students with disabilities are disproportionately identified for Targeted Support and Improvement, accounting for 67% of TSI schools in one state¶

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Currency · newest study 2020 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? In one state, middle schools with low-performing students with disabilities accounted for 67% of all TSI schools in the state. → Kevin Kelly 2020

Evidence¶

Kevin Kelly 2020¶

Kevin Kelly, Lauren Forrow. (2020). Schools Targeted for Improvement: Are Small Sample Sizes Masking Poor School Performance? (Infographic). Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/schools-targeted-for-improvement-are-small-sample-sizes-masking-poor-school-performance

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The publication reports, as part of a Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic partnership with two states, that "these middle schools accounted for 67% of all TSI schools in the state", describing a disproportionately large share of TSI identification. No effect size or test statistic is printed.

"In one state, these middle schools accounted for 67% of all TSI schools in the state."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Two combined features of state school accountability systems make middle schools more likely than other schools to be identified for TSI because of the performance of their students with disabilities — related
• Supergroup accountability broadens which schools are held responsible for small subgroups but risks recreating averages that mask group differences — related