Hopkins, Bryant G.; Strunk, Katharine O.; Imberman, Scott A. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We use data from Michigan and an interrupted time series (ITS) strategy to show how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted new special education classifications and discontinuations. We find a substantial decrease in K-5 classifications and discontinuations during the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years....