Yearly high school attendance grew up to 3.55 percentage points more in schools with strong 5Essentials Survey measures than in schools with average scores¶
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q2 i? The difference in yearly attendance growth between schools with strong versus average measure scores reached 3.55 percentage points in high school. → Hart 2020
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Hart 2020¶
Hart, H., Young, C., Chen, A., Zou, A., & Allensworth, E.M. (2020). Supporting school improvement: Early findings from reexamination of the 5Essentials survey. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/supporting-school-improvement
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Results overview comparing yearly attendance growth in schools strong (one standard deviation above average) versus average on measures such as Quality of Student Discussion and Teacher-Parent Trust. The same sentence reports the elementary difference of 0.48 percentage points; the high school difference was 3.55 percentage points.
"This difference was as much as an additional 0.48 percentage points in attendance rates per year in elementary schools and an additional 3.55 percentage points in high schools."
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Related Claims¶
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5Essentials Survey measures predict school improvement in elementary and high schools, but not all measures relate to all outcomes — the general claim this finding bears on, with the studies behind it
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Elementary schools strong in three or more of the five essential supports were ten times more likely to substantially improve student math and reading scores (attributed to Bryk et al., 2010) — the general claim this finding bears on, with the studies behind it
- Elementary attendance improved more in schools that were strong or growing on 5Essentials Survey measures, in both pooled and within-school models — related
- Elementary GPA improved more in schools with strong 5Essentials Survey scores, a new outcome beyond the original validation — related
- Freshman OnTrack rates improved by as much as 3.25 percentage points more in high schools with strong 5Essentials Survey measures — related
- Strong scores and growth on the 5Essentials Survey predict student success measures including GPA, attendance, test scores, and college enrollment — a broader claim this one bears on
- Multiple dimensions of school climate were associated with lower school absences, with stronger relationships after the pandemic than before — related
- 5Essentials Survey measures predicted school improvement in both high- and low-poverty schools at elementary and high school levels — a broader claim this one bears on
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Yearly high school attendance grew up to 3.55 percentage points more in schools with strong 5Essentials Survey measures than in schools with average scores |
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Yearly high school attendance grew up to 3.55 percentage points more in schools with strong 5Essentials Survey measures than in schools with average scores |
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2020 |
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2026-10-20 |
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