Heat effects on student performance may be more extreme for students in high-poverty schools where cooling conditions may be less reliable¶

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Currency · newest study 2025 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

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q2 i? The report asks whether temperature effects are more extreme for students in high-poverty schools, where cooling conditions may be less reliable. → Sofia Postell 2025

Evidence¶

Sofia Postell 2025¶

Sofia Postell, Megan Kuhfeld, Susan Kowalski, Jazmin Isaacs. (2025). Technical appendix for “Hot test days, lower math scores: How heat affects student achievement”. NWEA. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/technical-appendix-for-hot-test-days-lower-math-scores-how-heat-affects-student-achievement/

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The page's description frames the high-poverty moderation as a question the report examines, noting schools “where cooling conditions may be less reliable.” No findings, statistics, or sample details from the appendix are printed on this page.

"whether those effects are more extreme for students in high-poverty schools, where cooling conditions may be less reliable"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Students in high-poverty schools face the greatest impact from hot test days — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Higher temperatures most strongly affect math scores on test days — related
• The heat-achievement analysis links daily temperature data to MAP Growth scores for grades 3–8 in six states — related
• Environmental temperatures on test days are associated with student math and reading performance, per the report this appendix documents — a broader claim this one bears on
• As of 2020 about half of U.S. schools required HVAC upgrades, and many now face heat-related closures or shortened days — related