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Title I and IDEA as Complementary Federal Responses: Distinguishing Opportunity-Mediated and Opportunity-Independent Underachievement

Title I and IDEA are complementary federal responses to different sources of low achievement. Title I targets opportunity-mediated underachievement, while IDEA targets persistent underachievement for which deficits in ordinary educational opportunity are not the primary explanation. A simple framework and stylized simulation show that performance-based IDEA increasingly converges toward the same opportunity margin already served by Title I.

Keywords
Title I; IDEA; special education; persistent underachievement; educational opportunity
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Document Object Identifier (DOI)
10.26300/b6c9-2b88
EdWorkingPaper suggested citation:
Shores, Kenneth A. | Souto-Maior, Joao M.. (). Title I and IDEA as Complementary Federal Responses: Distinguishing Opportunity-Mediated and Opportunity-Independent Underachievement. (EdWorkingPaper: -1443). Retrieved from Annenberg Institute at Brown University: https://doi.org/10.26300/b6c9-2b88

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