Winters, Marcus A.Carpenter, Dick M.Clayton, Grant2018-02-132018-02-132017-09-01Marcus A Winters, Dick M Carpenter, Grant Clayton. 2017. "Does Attending a Charter School Reduce the Likelihood of Being Placed Into Special Education? Evidence From Denver, Colorado." EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION AND POLICY ANALYSIS, Volume 39, Issue 3, pp. 448 - 463 (16).0162-37371935-1062https://hdl.handle.net/2144/27017We use administrative data to measure whether attending a charter school in Denver, Colorado, reduces the likelihood that students are newly classified as having a disability in primary grades. We employ an observational approach that takes advantage of Denver’s Common Enrollment System, which allows us to observe each school that the student listed a preference to attend. We find evidence that attending a Denver charter school reduces the likelihood that a student is classified as having a specific learning disability, which is the largest and most subjectively diagnosed disability category. We find no evidence that charter attendance reduces the probability of being classified as having a speech or language disability or autism, which are two more objectively diagnosed classifications.448 - 463 (16)Social sciencesEducation & educational researchSchool choiceCharter schoolsSpecial educationIntervention-based assessmentPublic schoolsSpecialist studies in educationEducationDenver, ColoradoArticle10.3102/0162373717690830