Administrators reporting social problems in the school's community as a top roadblock grew from 31 percent in 2009 to 43 percent in 2017¶

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q2 i? The proportion of administrators viewing social problems in the school's community (poverty, gangs, drugs) as a top roadblock rose from 31 percent in 2009 to 43 percent in 2017. → Bruzgulis 2019

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Bruzgulis 2019¶

Bruzgulis, A., Hart, H., & Young, C. (2019). The challenges facing CPS administrators: Roadblocks to school improvement. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/challenges-facing-cps-administrators

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Descriptive trend analysis of the community social-problems survey item across 2009 and 2017 Administrator Survey responses; the brief reports growth from "31 percent" to "43 percent" and notes slightly more respondents rated it a complete roadblock (17 percent) than test scores (13 percent).

"Whereas slightly less than one-third (31 percent) of administrators viewed social problems as a top roadblock in 2009, by 2017 this number had grown to include 43 percent of administrators."

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