No meaningful differences in characteristics, inclusion, or academic outcomes among midsized districts in SELPAs with versus without a large district¶
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Evidence · 1 study · associationalr2·q2
Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2026: baselines and conditions change
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q2 i? Midsized districts (enrollment 2,000–19,999) in SELPAs with or without at least one large district showed no meaningful differences on any measure examined. → Doutre 2021
Evidence¶
Doutre 2021¶
Doutre, S. M., Barrett, T., & Rice, J. (2021). California's Special Education Local Plan Areas: Funding patterns, inclusion rates, and student outcomes. Regional Educational Laboratory West at WestEd. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs
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District-level descriptive comparison of 144 midsized districts in SELPAs with a large district versus 379 in SELPAs without; all printed difference statistics in table 4 (e.g., preK inclusion 0.16, K–12 inclusion 0.14, ELA proficiency 0.07) fell below the 0.50 SD threshold, so no impact is coded.
"For midsized districts (total enrollment ranging from 2,000 to 19,999 students) that belonged to SELPAs with or without at least one large district ( total enrollment more than 20,000 students), there were no meaningful differences in any characteristics, inclusion rates, or academic outcomes (table 4)."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- No meaningful differences in academic outcomes (graduation, dropout, ELA/math/alternative assessment proficiency) exist between single- and multidistrict SELPAs or between SELPA compositions — related
- Among small districts in multidistrict SELPAs, membership in a SELPA without a large district was associated with higher preK inclusion but lower K–12 inclusion — related
- Multidistrict SELPAs without a large district received higher per pupil special education funding and had higher preK and K–12 inclusion rates than those with a large district — related
- Single-district SELPAs had meaningfully lower inclusion rates, with a higher proportion of students with disabilities in general education less than 40 percent of the school day — related
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title |
No meaningful differences in characteristics, inclusion, or academic outcomes among midsized districts in SELPAs with versus without a large district |
description |
No meaningful differences in characteristics, inclusion, or academic outcomes among midsized districts in SELPAs with versus without a large district |
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evidence_strength |
moderate |
newest_evidence |
2021 |
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2026 |
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by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-08 |
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1 — doutre-2021 |
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