Students in foster care in Arizona constituted an at-risk subgroup demographically distinct from low-SES students¶
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Evidence · 1 study · associationalr2·q2
Currency · newest study 2015 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2020: baselines and conditions change
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q2 i? Students in foster care were more likely than low-SES students to be African American or White, less likely to be Hispanic or English language learners, and classified with a disability at twice the rate of both comparison groups. → Barrat 2015
Evidence¶
Barrat 2015¶
Barrat, V. X., Berliner, B., & Felida, N. J. (2015). Arizona's Invisible Achievement Gap: Education Outcomes of Students in Foster Care in the State's Public Schools. San Francisco: WestEd. http://www.azed.gov/research-evaluation/files/2013/11/2013-a-f-technical-manual.pdf
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Observational analysis of linked Arizona Department of Education and Department of Child Safety administrative data for 1,108,795 K–12 students, including 10,770 in foster care and 535,681 low-SES students, in 2012/13. The report finds students in foster care were "classified with a disability at twice the rate of both comparison groups" (23 percent vs. 12 and 11 percent).
"Students in foster care were more likely than low-SES students to be African American or White, but less likely than low-SES students to be Hispanic or to be designated as English language learners. They were also classified with a disability at twice the rate of both comparison groups"
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Related Claims¶
- Statewide testing showed an achievement gap in mathematics and reading for Arizona students in foster care — related
- Arizona students in foster care had the lowest statewide testing participation rate, declining sharply in later grades — related
- Arizona students in foster care were less likely than all students statewide to attend the state's highest-performing schools — related
- Arizona students in foster care changed schools during the school year at about four times the rate of other students — related
- Students in foster care were consistently outperformed by low-SES students and scored at the two lowest performance levels at twice the statewide rate — related
- Students in foster care had the lowest statewide testing participation, a dropout rate three times the statewide rate, and a 58 percent grade-12 graduation rate — related
- Students in foster care had the lowest proficiency of any group on California's grades 2-7 mathematics test — related
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Students in foster care in Arizona constituted an at-risk subgroup demographically distinct from low-SES students |
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Students in foster care in Arizona constituted an at-risk subgroup demographically distinct from low-SES students |
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2015 |
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2020 |
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