Suspensions in California lowered graduation rates by nearly 7 percentage points after controlling for other dropout factors¶

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q2 i? A 3-year California study found suspensions lowered graduation rates by nearly 7 percentage points after controlling for other major dropout factors. → Cardichon 2019

Evidence¶

Cardichon 2019¶

Cardichon, J., & Darling-Hammond, L. (2019). Protecting students' civil rights: The federal role in school discipline. Palo Alto, CA: Learning Policy Institute. https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/student-civil-rights-school-discipline doi:10.33682/a3vc-nfcx

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A longitudinal study of California 10th-graders over 3 years under the state's zero-tolerance policy, controlling for other major dropout factors, found suspensions "lowered graduation rates by nearly 7 percentage points."

"A study that followed 10th-grade students in California for 3 years while the state's zero-tolerance policy was in effect found that, after controlling for other major dropout factors, suspensions in California lowered graduation rates by nearly 7 percentage points."

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