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The Effect of Teacher's Aides on Inclusion of Students with Special Needs

The Effect of Teacher's Aides on Inclusion of Students with Special Needs PDF Author: Simon Calmar Andersen
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This study investigates whether successful inclusion of students with special education needs (SEN) in regular classrooms can be achieved by increasing the educational support available. We exploit two randomized controlled trials that added teacher's aides to grade 6 classrooms combined with rich register data informative about special education needs and school assignment. The teacher's aides comprised three types: A co-teacher with a teaching degree, a teaching assistant without a teaching degree, and a coach. We find that the treatments resulted in 6-7 percentage points higher inclusion of SEN students in regular classrooms and that these students gained academically. While the academic gains evaporated over time, the treated students were able to stay in regular classrooms throughout compulsory education and largely follow the same progression as their peers in the control group when they transited to upper secondary education. Especially the co-teacher intervention was effective in achieving these ends. A cost-benefit analysis suggests that teacher's aides constitute a cost-effective educational support for inclusion of SEN students.