Under-identification of SPED placement occurred two years after EL classification¶
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Evidence · 1 study · causalr?·q2
Currency · newest study 2020 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2025: baselines and conditions change
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q2 i? Under-identification in SPED placement occurred two years after EL classification. → Mark Murphy 2020
Evidence¶
Mark Murphy 2020¶
Mark Murphy, Angela Johnson. (2020). Dual identification? The effects of English Learner status on special education placement. NWEA Research Working Paper. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/dual-identification-the-effects-of-english-learner-status-on-special-education-placement/
q2 · i? · causal · r?
The abstract reports a timing result from the seven-year observation window: "under-identification occurred two years after EL classification." The study observed EL and SPED programmatic participation over seven years; no effect size is printed.
"Our results suggest that under-identification occurred two years after EL classification."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- EL status had either a null effect or led to slight under-identification in SPED placement — a broader claim this one bears on
- EL status led to under-identification for Spanish speakers but proportionate representation for Mandarin/Cantonese and other-language speakers — related
- Regression discontinuity estimates of EL status effects on SPED placement consistently differ substantively from regression analysis results — related
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underidentification-two-years-after-el-classification |
title |
Under-identification of SPED placement occurred two years after EL classification |
description |
Under-identification of SPED placement occurred two years after EL classification |
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evidence_strength |
moderate |
newest_evidence |
2020 |
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2025 |
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by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-08 |
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1 — mark-murphy-2020 |
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