Thanks for re-sharing this post. These studies are important and should be used more often to confront those who claim that special education is ineffective. Those who say that offer only anecdotal evidence or poorly executed qualitative studies. As you say, the studies to which you refer have limitations, but those limitations pale in comparison to the limitations of those attacking special education.
Thanks, Dan, for the observations. Sometimes I fear that critics already know the conclusion (e.g., SpEd = bad) and then they find the evidence that supports their conclusions. I think we both told a lot of students that's not the way to do scholarship.
Thanks for re-sharing this post. These studies are important and should be used more often to confront those who claim that special education is ineffective. Those who say that offer only anecdotal evidence or poorly executed qualitative studies. As you say, the studies to which you refer have limitations, but those limitations pale in comparison to the limitations of those attacking special education.
Thanks, Dan, for the observations. Sometimes I fear that critics already know the conclusion (e.g., SpEd = bad) and then they find the evidence that supports their conclusions. I think we both told a lot of students that's not the way to do scholarship.