Special education teachers’ (SETs) working conditions play a crucial role in shaping the size, quality, and effectiveness of the SET workforce, and thereby shape the quality of instruction provided to students with disabilities. Valid measures of SETs’ working conditions are essential for conducting robust research on how to improve working conditions. We systematically reviewed measures of SETs’ working conditions across 44 studies, assessing evidence of validity. We find that evidence of validity for existing measures is limited, but that extant measures provide a starting point for future measurement development. We urge researchers to develop valid measures in the future, for use in both research and policy aimed at better supporting SETs.

特殊教育教师 (SETs) 的工作条件在塑造 SET 劳动力的规模、质量和效率方面发挥着至关重要的作用，从而影响为残疾学生提供的教学质量。对 SET 的工作条件进行有效测量对于就如何改善工作条件进行强有力的研究至关重要。我们系统地回顾了 44 项研究中对 SET 工作条件的测量，评估了有效性的证据。我们发现现有测量的有效性证据有限，但现有测量为未来测量的发展提供了一个起点。我们敦促研究人员在未来制定有效的措施，用于旨在更好地支持 SET 的研究和政策。