Enrollment is the main driver of the association between student demographics and the likelihood of beating the odds¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2013 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Smaller student bodies predict a greater likelihood of beating the odds, and the demographic association with BTO probability is not significantly different from that with school climate. → Voight 2013

Evidence¶

Voight 2013¶

Voight, A., Austin, G., and Hanson, T. (2013). A climate for academic success: How school climate distinguishes schools that are beating the achievement odds (Report Summary). San Francisco: WestEd. http://www.wested.org/cs/we/view/rs/1310

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Secondary analysis within the same predictive model of the 1,715-school sample, examining which demographic characteristic drives the demographics-BTO association. The report states "Enrollment appears to be the main driver of the association between student demographics and BTO, with smaller student bodies predicting a greater likelihood of BTO."

"Enrollment appears to be the main driver of the association between student demographics and BTO, with smaller student bodies predicting a greater likelihood of BTO."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• School climate differences between BTO and other schools remain large and significant after adjusting for student demographics and personnel resources — related
• School climate is more strongly associated with the likelihood of beating the odds than student demographics or personnel resources — reports the opposite
• Only 2.4 percent of the sampled California secondary schools were classified as beating the odds, and 1.2 percent as chronically underperforming — related
• A school's School Climate Index is more strongly associated with its probability of beating the achievement odds than its personnel resources — related