At-risk students are overrepresented in One-Star schools¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? In 2023/24, 39 percent of At-risk-eligible students attended One-Star schools versus 2 percent at Five-Star schools, and one third of One-Star school students were At-risk versus under 5 percent at Five-Star schools. → Tanner 2025

Evidence¶

Tanner 2025¶

Tanner, S., Krausen, K., Garcia, B., & Brown, A. (2025). Understanding the At-risk indicator: Nevada's Pupil-Centered Funding Plan. WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED677573

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Descriptive cross-tabulation of 2023/24 At-risk status by NSPF star rating (Table 9 and Figure 2). "39 percent of students identified as At-risk attended One-Star schools, compared with 19 percent of students not designated as At-risk and 23 percent of students statewide," while only 2 percent of At-risk students attended Five-Star schools versus 18 percent of non-At-risk students. Correlational; no effect size printed.

"39 percent of students identified as At-risk attended One-Star schools, compared with 19 percent of students not designated as At-risk and 23 percent of students statewide."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• High-poverty schools are overrepresented among closed schools across the study period — related
• GRAD-score-based At-risk identification shows larger proportional year-to-year churn than direct certification would — related
• At-risk identification is demographically patterned, with Black, Hispanic, and male students more likely to be identified — related