The association between feeling unsafe and test scores holds across multiple robustness checks¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2020 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? The negative relationship between feeling unsafe in the classroom and test scores is supported by multiple robustness checks. → Johanna Lacoe 2020

Evidence¶

Johanna Lacoe 2020¶

Johanna Lacoe. (2020). Too Scared to Learn? The Academic Consequences of Feeling Unsafe in the Classroom. Urban Education, vol. 55, issue 10. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/too-scared-to-learn-the-academic-consequences-of-feeling-unsafe-in-the-classroom doi:10.1177/0042085916674059

q2 · i? · associational · r2

The article's summary of its own analytic strategy states it "presents multiple robustness checks to support the central finding." The specific checks and their statistics are not printed in the available text.

"The study provides insight into the mechanisms through which feeling unsafe in the classroom relates to test scores and presents multiple robustness checks to support the central finding."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Feeling unsafe in the classroom is consistently negatively related to middle school students' test scores — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Physically or emotionally unsafe environments activate the adolescent stress-response system, which can impede cognition — related