School climate improved in predominantly Black schools but declined in predominantly Latino and racially diverse schools as suspension use for severe infractions fell¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r3 · q2
Currency · newest study 2015 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Schools serving predominantly Black students saw meaningful improvements in student-reported school climate with reduced suspension use. → Rebecca Hinze-Pifer and Lauren Sartain 2015 q2 i? Schools serving predominantly Latino or racially diverse student populations saw declines in school climate measures. → 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

Analysis of school climate measures built from survey questions on student-teacher relationships, teacher support for learning, and sense of belonging. The article reports "meaningful improvements" in predominantly Black schools; no effect size is printed.

"Schools serving predominantly Black students saw meaningful improvements in their students’ reports of school climate with reduced suspension use."

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 · r3

Same school climate measures analyzed for predominantly Latino and racially diverse schools, which the article reports "saw declines in the same measures"; no effect size is printed.

"Schools serving predominantly Latino or racially diverse student populations saw declines in the same measures."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• 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 — related
• 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
• Students at highest estimated risk of suspension felt safer when suspensions were reduced, while students at lowest risk saw the largest test score gains, with no evidence of overall academic harm — related
• Schools with higher suspension rates have worse climates for learning, even compared to schools serving similar student populations — related
• A subset of about a quarter of Chicago high schools and 10 percent of middle-grades schools have very high suspension rates, almost all predominantly serving African-American students — related
• Schools with high suspension rates are less safe than schools with lower suspension rates serving similar students — related
• School improvement rates varied by community type: Latino, racially diverse, and integrated schools improved disproportionately, while stagnation concentrated in predominantly African-American low-income communities — related
• During Phase I reform, a subset of very disadvantaged, racially isolated African-American schools showed weak improvement — related
• In early online implementations of the Skyline Data Path course, Filipino students' success rates exceeded the course average while Latino students' fell below it — related
• Experts report reduced suspensions and expulsions and improved school climate as RJ implementation successes — related
• Secondary suspension risk declined and the racial gap narrowed slightly since 2009-10, while elementary rates did not decline and some districts saw large increases — related
• Black and Latino students' success in progressive mathematics triggers system reactions questioning the program's rigor — related
• District policies discouraging suspensions show mixed effects: shortened suspensions were associated with improved attendance but worse school climate — related