Substantial differences in attaining academic indicators of postsecondary readiness occurred for most student groups, with the largest number between Black and White students, NSLP-eligible and ineligible students, and students entering grade 6 after age 13¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · associational r3 · q2
Currency · newest study 2022 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2027: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q2 i? For Black versus White students, NSLP-eligible versus ineligible students, and students entering grade 6 after versus before age 13, substantial differences occurred for seven of the eight academic indicators. → Hester 2022

Evidence¶

Hester 2022¶

Hester, C., Lazarev, V., Zacamy, J., Nardi, C., & Feygin, A. (2022). Student group differences in Arkansas' indicators of postsecondary readiness and success. Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/southwest/rel_2023-145.asp

q2 · i? · associational · r3

Descriptive analysis of statewide administrative data for 63,679 Arkansas grade 6 students in 2008/09 or 2009/10, using t tests for proportions with differences of 10 percentage points or more considered substantial. The authors report that "substantial differences occurred for seven of the eight indicators" for each of these three comparison groups.

"The largest number of substantial differences in attaining academic indicators of postsecondary readiness and success were between Black and White students, between students eligible for the National School Lunch Program and students not eligible, and between students who entered grade 6 after age 13 and students who did not."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Age and Developmental Stage — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

• Fewer substantial differences between student groups occurred for behavioral indicators than for academic indicators of postsecondary readiness and success — related
• Black and Hispanic students attained postsecondary readiness and success outcomes at substantially lower rates than White students — related
• Students with disabilities attained postsecondary readiness and success outcomes at about one half to one third the rate of students without disabilities, the largest difference between any student group and its counterpart — related
• Raw postsecondary data are useful for descriptive purposes but may not give educators substantial new information beyond high school indicators — related
• Predictive accuracy of middle and high school indicators did not vary substantially between student groups — reports the opposite