Days lost to suspension at the Kauffman School are small on average relative to instructional time added by its extended school day and year¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r? · q3
Currency · newest study 2016 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? The number of days suspended for Kauffman students is, on average, small relative to the additional instructional time afforded by the Kauffman School's extended school day and year. → Matthew Johnson 2016

Evidence¶

Matthew Johnson 2016¶

Matthew Johnson, Eric Lundquist, Alicia Demers, Cleo Jacobs Johnson, Claudia Gentile. (2016). Ewing Marion Kauffman School Evaluation Impact Report: Year 3. Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/ewing-marion-kauffman-school-evaluation-impact-report-year-3

q3 · i? · causal · r?

The evaluation weighed average days suspended against the extra instructional time from the school's extended day and year, finding suspended days "small relative to the additional instructional time." No numeric averages are printed in the available text.

"the number of days suspended for Kauffman students is, on average, small relative to the additional instructional time afforded by the Kauffman School's extended school day and year"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• The Kauffman School suspends students at a substantially higher rate than other schools in Kansas City — related
• The Kauffman School evaluation used a matched comparison group design to estimate impacts on achievement, attendance, and suspensions — related
• Kauffman students had higher attendance rates and were less likely to be suspended than similar Kansas City students — related
• Kauffman students were less likely to be suspended than other similar students in Kansas City — related
• Kauffman students had higher attendance rates than other similar students in Kansas City — related
• The Kauffman School raised student attendance by approximately 1 percentage point relative to comparison students — related
• Policy decisions such as shortening or extending the school year depend on accurate within-year learning estimates — related