by Sidrah Baloch | Feb 26, 2025 | IDOE, Specialized Services
Service Delivery Models: Impacts for Students With and Without Disabilities Authors: Nathan Jones, Lindsey Kaler, Jessica Markham, Josefina Senese, Marcus A. Winters Project Summary When a student is identified with a disability, their school faces many decisions...
by Sidrah Baloch | Dec 10, 2024 | Educational Opportunity, Specialized Services
English Learners’ Access to Massachusetts Early College Programs Authors: Yasuko Kanno, Andrew Bacher-Hicks, Pierre Lucien Project Summary Early college programs (ECPs) are an increasingly common approach for promoting college enrollment and degree/credential...
by Sidrah Baloch | Nov 20, 2024 | IDOE, Specialized Services
Reclassifying English Learners Authors: Mingyan Ma & Marcus A. Winters Project Summary English learners (ELs) represent a large and rapidly growing proportion of U.S. public school students. Once ELs demonstrate sufficient English language proficiency, they are...
by Sidrah Baloch | Jul 8, 2024 | IDOE, Specialized Services
Understanding Special Education Services at Scale Using IEP Data Authors: Christopher Cleveland, Jessica Markham Project Summary Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) contain detailed information about students’ experiences receiving special education services in...
by Sidrah Baloch | Dec 8, 2023 | Effective Educators, Specialized Services
Examining the Supply of New Special Educators Authors: Tuan D. Nguyen, Elizabeth Bettini, Allison F. Gilmour, Christopher Redding Project Summary Special education teacher shortages have been a consistent problem around the U.S. for decades and have only grown since...
by Sidrah Baloch | Nov 10, 2023 | Specialized Services, Yasuko Kanno
Deconstructing the EL Gap Authors: Marcus A. Winters & Yasuko Kanno Project SummaryAcross U.S. schools, students classified as English learners (ELs) tend to achieve lower educational outcomes than their non-EL peers. What explains these differences? Are they a...