School poverty is only weakly associated with median student growth in a school¶
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q2 i? About 1% of median student growth in a school is accounted for by %FRL, and median growth differs by only about 4 percentile points between schools at either end of the %FRL continuum. → Andy Hegedus 2018
Evidence¶
Andy Hegedus 2018¶
Andy Hegedus, Ed.D. (2018). Evaluating the Relationships between Poverty and School Performance. NWEA Research Report. https://www.nwea.org/research-data-galleries/poverty-and-school-performance
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Same observational analysis of MAP Growth schools, plotting median student growth percentile against school %FRL (Figure 2.2). The article reports "a weak negative relationship between %FRL and median student growth in a school" and that the difference between schools at either end of the %FRL continuum is about 4 percentile points, suggesting growth is less biased by the income of the population a school serves.
"As shown in Figure 2.2, there is a weak negative relationship between %FRL and median student growth in a school (about 1% of median growth is accounted for by %FRL)."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- School poverty (%FRL) accounts for about 50% of a school's median student achievement — related
- Lowest-income schools show more variable growth than highest-income schools, with more schools both below the 50th and above the 82nd growth percentile — related
- The webinar examines relationships between poverty and school performance — a broader claim this one bears on
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School poverty is only weakly associated with median student growth in a school |
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School poverty is only weakly associated with median student growth in a school |
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