Most high school suspensions in CPS resulted from student defiance and rule violations rather than physical conflict¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? About 60 percent of out-of-school suspensions and almost all in-school suspensions at the high school level resulted from defiance, disruptive behaviors, and school rule violations. → Stevens 2015

Evidence¶

Stevens 2015¶

Stevens, W. D., Sartain, L., Allensworth, E. M., & Levenstein, R., with Guiltinan, S., Mader, N., Huynh, M. H., & Porter, S. (2015). Discipline Practices in Chicago Schools: Trends in the Use of Suspensions and Arrests. UChicago CCSR Research Report. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/discipline-practices-chicago-schools-trends-use-suspensions-and-arrests

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Analysis of CPS administrative data on reasons for suspensions in the 2012-13 school year. The report states "about 60 percent of out-of-school suspensions and almost all in-school suspensions result from defiance of school staff, disruptive behaviors, and school rule violations."

"At the high school level, about 60 percent of out-of-school suspensions and almost all in-school suspensions result from defiance of school staff, disruptive behaviors, and school rule violations."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Arrest rates for CPS students declined after 2009-10, with African American boys arrested at twice the district average rate — related
• Out-of-school suspension rates in CPS high schools declined each year from 24 percent in 2009-10 to 16 percent in 2013-14 — related
• African American boys received out-of-school suspensions at five times the rate of white/Asian boys in CPS high schools in 2013-14 — 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
• Students with low prior test scores and students with disabilities were suspended at substantially higher rates than their peers in CPS — related
• Students who attend schools with higher suspension rates are more likely to be arrested and incarcerated as adults and less likely to attend a 4-year college — related
• More than half of CPS high school teachers report robbery or theft problems and over 60 percent report gang activity and physical conflicts among students — related