Papers/Reports
6/22/2025
New Report Out: Introducing the Multi-layered Systemic Approach for Policy Analysis (MSAPA)
This report introduces the Multi-layered Systemic Approach for Policy Analysis (MSAPA)—a framework designed to examine how special education policies, such as IDEA, are interpreted and implemented across federal, state, district, and school levels. It also provides a concise overview of disproportionality in special education and demonstrates how MSAPA can be applied to understand systemic patterns of disproportionality in special education.
Suggested citation:
Vougarides, C. K., Hartwig, J., Jacobs, J., & Aylward, A. (2025). An introduction to multi-layered systemic approach for policy analysis. City University of New York–Hunter College.