In-school suspension rates nearly doubled for African American high school students between 2008-09 and 2013-14 while remaining steady for other groups¶

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q2 i? ISS rates for African American boys rose from 15 to 29 percent and for African American girls from 10 to 20 percent in high school, while other groups' rates stayed constant. → Stevens 2015

Evidence¶

Stevens 2015¶

Stevens, W. D., Sartain, L., Allensworth, E. M., & Levenstein, R., with Guiltinan, S., Mader, N., Huynh, M. H., & Porter, S. (2015). Discipline Practices in Chicago Schools: Trends in the Use of Suspensions and Arrests. UChicago CCSR Research Report. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/discipline-practices-chicago-schools-trends-use-suspensions-and-arrests

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Trend analysis of CPS administrative data on in-school suspensions by race and gender. The report specifies "ISS rates nearly doubled for African American high schools students between 2008-09 and 2013-14, but remained the same for other student groups."

"ISS rates nearly doubled for African American high schools students between 2008-09 and 2013-14, but remained the same for other student groups."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Race and Ethnicity — predictor: outcomes differ by group: a gap reflecting circumstances and treatment, not a cause

Related Claims¶

• Arrest rates for CPS students declined after 2009-10, with African American boys arrested at twice the district average rate — related
• Out-of-school suspension rates in CPS high schools declined each year from 24 percent in 2009-10 to 16 percent in 2013-14 — related
• A subset of about a quarter of Chicago high schools and 10 percent of middle-grades schools have very high suspension rates, almost all predominantly serving African-American students — related
• African American boys received out-of-school suspensions at five times the rate of white/Asian boys in CPS high schools in 2013-14 — related
• At racially/ethnically diverse schools, African American boys are suspended at about 13 percentage points higher rates than other students in the same school — related
• Payne argues that color-blind ideology in schools precludes discussion of how outcomes and privilege are distributed by race — related
• Students of color benefit academically and behaviorally from having teachers of the same race. — related
• Students who attend schools with higher suspension rates are more likely to be arrested and incarcerated as adults and less likely to attend a 4-year college — related
• Students of color and students with disabilities are disproportionately suspended and referred to law enforcement relative to their enrollment — related
• Racial differences in suspension rates reflect policies and adult biases, not differences in behavior — related
• A first suspension doubles a student's odds of dropping out of school — related