Funding Segregation: An Analysis of Educational Service Agencies, Access, and Outcomes for Students With Disabilities

• In Event: The Pursuit of More Equitable Systems in Special and Inclusive Education

Abstract

Although four decades of research shows the positive impact that inclusive environments have on academic outcomes for students with disabilities, many continue to be taught in segregated environments. State Educational Service Agencies (ESAs) provide special education services to their districts, but these services vary–from services in districts to services in separate schools and/or programs at ESA sites. To date there has not been a study on ESAs related to the inclusion or academic outcomes of students with disabilities. The purpose of this quantitative study is to probe for state level variables that might help explain the ways that the use of ESAs by states affords or limits equitable access to educational opportunities in general education classrooms for SWD.

Authors

• Julia M. White, Syracuse University
  Presenting Author

• Christine Elaine Ashby, Syracuse University
  Presenting Author

• Lauren Ashby, Syracuse University
  Presenting Author