An additional month of relative age among peers decreases the likelihood of receiving special education services by 2-5 percent¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · associational r? · q2
Currency · newest study 2010 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? An additional month of relative age among peers decreases the likelihood that a student receives special education services by 2-5 percent. → Elizabeth Dhuey 2010

Evidence¶

Elizabeth Dhuey 2010¶

Elizabeth Dhuey, Stephen Lipscomb. (2010). Disabled or Young? Relative Age and Special Education Diagnoses in Schools. Economics of Education Review, vol. 29, no. 5. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/disabled-or-young-relative-age-and-special-education-diagnoses-in-schools doi:10.1016/j.econedurev.2010.03.006

q2 · i? · associational · r?

Analysis of three nationally representative surveys covering 1988-2004 and grades K-10, in which the authors find that "an additional month of relative age decreases the likelihood of receiving special education services by 2-5 percent." No standardized effect size is printed.

"Using three nationally representative surveys spanning 1988-2004 and grades K-10, we find that an additional month of relative age decreases the likelihood of receiving special education services by 2-5 percent."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

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

Related Claims¶

• A relationship exists between students' relative age among their peers and their probability of disability classification — a broader claim this one bears on
• Having older classmates boosts a child’s test scores but increases the probability of grade repetition and diagnoses of learning disabilities such as ADHD — related