Lockdown training and drill participation improved students' knowledge and perceptions of preparedness without increasing anxiety, per the studies the brief reviews¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · review r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2020 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Zhe and Nickerson (2007) found students who received lockdown training and participated in a drill retained response knowledge without induced anxiety or significantly changed perceptions of school safety. → Schildkraut 2020 q2 i? Schildkraut and colleagues (2020) found participating in lockdown drills and training improved feelings of preparedness; perceptions of safety declined only slightly over time. → Schildkraut 2020 (2)

Evidence¶

Schildkraut 2020¶

Schildkraut, J., Grogan, K., & Nabors, A. (2020). Should schools be conducting lockdown drills? WestEd. https://www.wested.org/resources/schools-lockdown-drills/

q2 · i? · review · r2

The brief reports, citing Zhe and Nickerson (2007), that students "retained knowledge about how to respond without inducing anxiety or significantly changing their perceptions of school safety". This is the brief's secondhand report of that study, not a new analysis.

"Zhe and Nickerson (2007) found that students who went through lockdown training and then participated in a lockdown drill retained knowledge about how to respond without inducing anxiety or significantly changing their perceptions of school safety."

Schildkraut 2020 (2)¶

Schildkraut, J., Grogan, K., & Nabors, A. (2020). Should schools be conducting lockdown drills? WestEd. https://www.wested.org/resources/schools-lockdown-drills/

q2 · i? · review · r2

The brief reports, citing Schildkraut et al. (2020), that drills and training "improved feelings of preparedness". Student perceptions of safety decreased over time, but the brief notes the decline was small relative to preparedness gains and may reflect community violence exposure.

"Schildkraut and colleagues (2020) found that participating in lockdown drills and training improved feelings of preparedness, with students reporting a greater familiarity with how to respond when lockdowns and other emergency calls are made."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Affect Regulation — outcome: instruction changes it
• Safety — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• 95 percent of U.S. schools conduct lockdown drills annually as part of emergency response plans — related
• Behavioral skills training produced near-complete skill mastery of lockdown steps among young students, per studies the brief summarizes — related
• Crisis-response training such as lockdown and Run-Hide-Fight can save lives but does not prevent school shootings — related