Reduced suspension use was associated with increased attendance of roughly one additional day per year per student, rising to about three days in schools serving predominantly Black students¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2015 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? On average all students attended school more often, about one additional day per year, net of suspension days. → Rebecca Hinze-Pifer and Lauren Sartain 2015 q2 i? In schools serving predominantly Black students, attendance increased an average of three days per year per student. → Rebecca Hinze-Pifer and Lauren Sartain 2015 (2)

Evidence¶

Rebecca Hinze-Pifer and Lauren Sartain 2015¶

Rebecca Hinze-Pifer and Lauren Sartain. (2015). Rethinking Universal Suspension for Severe Student Behavior. Stanford University and University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu

q2 · i? · causal · r2

Schoolwide observational analysis of attendance for all CPS high school students during the reform period, net of suspension days. The article reports "roughly one additional day per year, per student"; no effect size is printed.

"Attendance: On average, all students came to school more often—roughly one additional day per year, per student—net of any days missed due to suspension."

Rebecca Hinze-Pifer and Lauren Sartain 2015 (2)¶

Rebecca Hinze-Pifer and Lauren Sartain. (2015). Rethinking Universal Suspension for Severe Student Behavior. Stanford University and University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Subgroup analysis by school racial composition within the same student-fixed-effect framework. In predominantly Black schools attendance rose "an average of three days of school per year, per student"; no effect size or significance test is printed for this contrast.

"Attendance increases were concentrated in schools serving predominantly Black students, where attendance increased an average of three days of school per year, per student."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Perceived safety changes under reduced suspension use varied by school racial composition: a small decline in predominantly Latino schools and a similar-sized but non-significant improvement in predominantly Black schools — related
• School climate improved in predominantly Black schools but declined in predominantly Latino and racially diverse schools as suspension use for severe infractions fell — related