Only 2.4 percent of the sampled California secondary schools were classified as beating the odds, and 1.2 percent as chronically underperforming¶

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q2 i? Of 1,715 California middle and high schools, 40 (2.4 percent) were BTO schools and 20 (1.2 percent) were chronically underperforming schools. → Voight 2013

Evidence¶

Voight 2013¶

Voight, A., Austin, G., and Hanson, T. (2013). A climate for academic success: How school climate distinguishes schools that are beating the achievement odds (Report Summary). San Francisco: WestEd. http://www.wested.org/cs/we/view/rs/1310

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Classification of the 1,715-school sample based on the difference between actual state standardized test performance (2007/08 to 2010/11) and performance predicted from student demographics, requiring outperformance or underperformance in all four middle-school years or the latter three high-school years. The report states "The 40 BTO schools (2.4 percent of the sample) had substantially more positive school climates than both the 20 CU schools (1.2 percent) and all other secondary schools (96.4 percent)."

"The 40 BTO schools (2.4 percent of the sample) had substantially more positive school climates than both the 20 CU schools (1.2 percent) and all other secondary schools (96.4 percent)."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Schools beating the odds — moving from underperformer to overperformer growth status between Grades 1 and 2 — are rare (about 1% of schools) — related
• The school climate gap between beating-the-odds and chronically underperforming schools is more than twice as large as the gap between BTO and other schools — related
• Beating-the-odds schools have substantially more positive school climate than the other California middle and high schools in a 1,715-school survey sample — related
• School climate differences between BTO and chronically underperforming schools are twice as large as differences between BTO and other schools — related
• School climate differences between BTO and other schools remain large and significant after adjusting for student demographics and personnel resources — related
• Enrollment is the main driver of the association between student demographics and the likelihood of beating the odds — related
• A school's School Climate Index is more strongly associated with its probability of beating the achievement odds than its personnel resources — related
• School climate is more strongly associated with the likelihood of beating the odds than student demographics or personnel resources — related