Kauffman students were less likely to be suspended than other similar students in Kansas City¶
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Evidence · 1 study · causalr?·q3
Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2024: local conditions change quickly
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q3 i? Kauffman students were less likely to be suspended than other similar students in Kansas City. → Matthew Johnson 2021
Evidence¶
Matthew Johnson 2021¶
Matthew Johnson, Alicia Demers. (2021). Ewing Marion Kauffman School Year 9 Impacts. Mathematica. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/ewing-marion-kauffman-school-year-9-impacts
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Behavioral finding from the Mathematica evaluation of the school's first nine years, which included suspensions among its outcome measures. The article reports students were "less likely to be suspended" than similar Kansas City peers; no effect size is printed.
"Kauffman students had higher attendance rates and were less likely to be suspended than other similar students in Kansas City."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Kauffman students had higher attendance rates and were less likely to be suspended than similar Kansas City students — a broader claim this one bears on
- The Kauffman School suspends students at a substantially higher rate than other schools in Kansas City — reports the opposite
- Days lost to suspension at the Kauffman School are small on average relative to instructional time added by its extended school day and year — related
- Kauffman students had higher attendance rates than other similar students in Kansas City — related
- In 2021-22 Kauffman School students were 12 percentage points more likely than comparison students to receive at least one suspension — reports the opposite
- In 2021-22 the Kauffman School increased attendance rates by approximately 1 percentage point — related
- The Kauffman School raised student attendance by approximately 1 percentage point relative to comparison students — related
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Kauffman students were less likely to be suspended than other similar students in Kansas City |
description |
Kauffman students were less likely to be suspended than other similar students in Kansas City |
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2021 |
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2024 |
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by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-09 |
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1 — matthew-johnson-2021 |
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