A relationship exists between students' relative age among their peers and their probability of disability classification¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2010 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Students' relative age among their peers is related to their probability of disability classification. → 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 · r2

The study positions itself as extending "recent findings of a relationship between the relative age of students among their peers and their probability of disability classification," testing this relationship with nationally representative survey data spanning 1988-2004.

"This study extends recent findings of a relationship between the relative age of students among their peers and their probability of disability classification."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Age and Developmental Stage — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

• Being a year older at kindergarten entry leads to higher initial achievement — the general claim this finding bears on, with the studies behind it
• An additional month of relative age among peers decreases the likelihood of receiving special education services by 2-5 percent — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• 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