Nonpublic school placements cost 24 percent more and yielded 5 to 6 percentage points less academic growth than public placements¶
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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associationalr2·q2
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q2 i? Implementing a student's IEP in an NPS placement averaged 24 percent more cost than any other placement. → Doutre 2021
q2 i? Students in NPS settings showed consistently lower academic growth, with a 5 to 6 percentage point difference from public placements across three school years. → Doutre 2021 (2)
Evidence¶
Doutre 2021¶
Doutre, S. M., Willis, J., Barrett, T., Ripma, T., Caparas, R., & Krausen, K. (2021). California State Special Education Funding System Study, Part 2: Findings, Implications, and Considerations for Improving Special Education Funding in California. WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED616106
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Cost analysis from the education cost function found NPS placements "averaged 24 percent more" than other placements for IEP implementation.
"The cost of implementing a student’s IEP in a nonpublic school (NPS) placement averaged 24 percent more than implementing a student’s IEP in any other potential placement."
Doutre 2021 (2)¶
Doutre, S. M., Willis, J., Barrett, T., Ripma, T., Caparas, R., & Krausen, K. (2021). California State Special Education Funding System Study, Part 2: Findings, Implications, and Considerations for Improving Special Education Funding in California. WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED616106
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Supplemental analyses of California data across three school years found "a consistent difference of 5 to 6 percentage points" in academic growth favoring public over NPS placements.
"additional analyses showed relatively lower academic growth for students in NPS settings, with a consistent difference of 5 to 6 percentage points between NPS and public placements through the 2016/17, 2017/18, and 2018/19 school years."
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Related Claims¶
- Students with disabilities cost 50.5 percent more to educate to comparable academic growth than peers without disabilities — related
- Cost function analysis indicates substantially higher spending is needed for equal opportunity: weights of 2.49 for first-generation and 2.63 for students older than 24 — related
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Nonpublic school placements cost 24 percent more and yielded 5 to 6 percentage points less academic growth than public placements |
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Nonpublic school placements cost 24 percent more and yielded 5 to 6 percentage points less academic growth than public placements |
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2021 |
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2 — doutre-2021, doutre-2021-2 |
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