Four-day school weeks have no detectable effect on high school attendance¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2022 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? The 4-day school week shows no detectable causal effect on high school students' attendance. → Emily Morton 2022

Evidence¶

Emily Morton 2022¶

Emily Morton. (2022). Effects of 4-day school weeks on older adolescents: Examining impacts of the schedule on academic achievement, attendance, and behavior in high school. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. https://doi.org/10.3102/01623737221097420

q2 · i? · causal · r2

The same Oklahoma difference-in-differences panel study reports "no detectable effect" on attendance among high school students. No effect size or test statistic is printed in the available text.

"Results indicate that 4-day school weeks decrease per-pupil bullying incidents by approximately 39% and per-pupil fighting incidents by approximately 31%, but have no detectable effect on other incident types, ACT scores, or attendance."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• No quantitative evidence that the four-day school week improved student attendance — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Four-day school weeks have no detectable effect on high school students' ACT scores — related
• Four-day school weeks have no detectable effect on disciplinary incident types other than bullying and fighting — related
• Four-day school weeks decrease per-pupil bullying incidents among high school students by approximately 39% — related
• Four-day school weeks decrease per-pupil fighting incidents among high school students by approximately 31% — related
• Students on the four-day school week have lower English language arts and math test scores over time than peers on five-day schedules — related
• Nearly 90 percent of Chicago freshmen who miss less than a week of school per semester graduate, regardless of 8th grade test scores — related