What Makes Special Education Teachers Special? Teacher Training and Achievement of Students with Disabilities. Working Paper 49

Autor/inn/en	Feng, Li; Sass, Tim R.
Institution	Urban Institute, National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER)
Titel	What Makes Special Education Teachers Special? Teacher Training and Achievement of Students with Disabilities. Working Paper 49
Quelle	(2010), (38 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
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Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Education Courses; Academic Achievement; Disabilities; Special Education Teachers; Special Needs Students; Preservice Teacher Education; Inservice Teacher Education; Faculty Development; Longitudinal Studies; Educational Attainment; Teacher Certification; Majors (Students); Teacher Effectiveness; Outcomes of Education; Public Schools; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fortbildungskurs; Schulleistung; Handicap; Behinderung; Special education; Teacher; Teachers; Sonderpädagoge; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Sonderpädagogischer Förderbedarf; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerfortbildung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Public school; Öffentliche Schule
Abstract	This paper contributes importantly to the growing literature on the training of special education teachers and how it translates into classroom practice and student achievement. The authors examine the impact of pre-service preparation and in-service formal and informal training on the ability of teachers to promote academic achievement among students with disabilities. Using student-level longitudinal data from Florida over a five-year span the authors estimate "value-added" models of student achievement. There is little support for the efficacy of in-service professional development courses focusing on special education. However, teachers with advanced degrees are more effective in boosting the math achievement of students with disabilities than are those with only a baccalaureate degree. Also pre-service preparation in special education has statistically significant and quantitatively substantial effects on the ability of teachers of special education courses to promote gains in achievement for students with disabilities, especially in reading. Certification in special education, an undergraduate major in special education, and the amount of special education coursework in college are all positively correlated with the performance of teachers in special education reading courses. (Contains 4 tables and 12 footnotes.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research. The Urban Institute, 2100 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20037. Tel: 202-261-5739; Fax: 202-833-2477; e-mail: inquiry@caldercenter.org; Web site: http://www.caldercenter.org
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Update	2017/4/10