%0 Journal Article
%T Logging In to Press On: An Examination of High School Dropout and Completion Among Students With Disabilities in Online Courses
%A Cameron Sublett
%A Yi-Chun Chang
%J Journal of Special Education Technology
%@ 2381-3121
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0162643418795841
%X Students with disabilities (SWDs) continue to experience rates of high school dropout greater than students not receiving special education services. Furthermore, there is a persistent gap in the rates of high school completion among students with and without disabilities. While criticized for lowering standards and learning, online learning represents a plausible mechanism to both decrease dropout and increase high school completion among SWDs. Drawing on theoretical frameworks advanced by Dynarski et al. and Cavanaugh et al., the current study uses a nationally representative data panel to investigate the association between online coursetaking among SWDs and two dependent variables: high school dropout and completion. Results indicated that online coursetaking was associated with increased probabilities of high school completion among SWDs. Implications and policy recommendations are discussed
%K online learning
%K dropout
%K high school completion
%K students with disabilities
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0162643418795841