School Accountability Reforms and the Use of Special Education

Autor/in	Iversen, Jon Marius Vaag
Titel	School Accountability Reforms and the Use of Special Education
Quelle	In: Education Economics, 21 (2013) 3, S.264-280 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0964-5292
DOI	10.1080/09645292.2013.796911
Schlagwörter	Accountability; Special Education; Foreign Countries; Educational Change; Municipalities; School Restructuring; Change Strategies; Student Placement; Low Achievement; Labeling (of Persons); Classification; Trend Analysis; Norway + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Verantwortung; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Ausland; Bildungsreform; Magistrat; Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Lösungsstrategie; Schülerpraktikum; Unterdurchschnittliche Leistung; Labeling-Ansatz; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Trendanalyse; Norwegen
Abstract	This paper analyses the relationship between Norwegian school reform implementation and the use of special education. After the introduction of the national reform programme called the "Kunnskapsloftet" ("Knowledge promotion") in 2006, the use of special education has increased dramatically in Norway. As part of the national reform, municipalities were encouraged to implement accountability elements in their governing systems. There is evidence that the municipalities have implemented the reform to varying degrees and at different points in time. I exploit these variations in timing to investigate whether the growth in the use of special education reflects the degree of reform implementation in these municipalities. The variation in the timing of reform implementation is exploited by means of the application of a Jacobsen, Lalonde, and Sullivan [1993. "Earning Losses of Displaced Workers." "The American Economic Review" 83 (4): 685-709] strategy. I find that increases in the proportion of special-education placements are significantly smaller in municipalities with a high degree of reform implementation. (Contains 5 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10