Out-of-school suspensions decreased 41% at a middle school implementing PBIS under the TEAM Student framework¶
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q2 i? Out-of-school suspensions at Lee Roy Myers Middle School decreased 41%, from 976 to 580, which the school attributes to its PBIS program. → Brundidge 2025
Evidence¶
Brundidge 2025¶
Brundidge, G. (2025). TEAM student: A comprehensive model for family-friendly, student-centered middle schooling. National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Journal, 8(1), 15-22. https://doi.org/10.20429/nyarj.2025.080103
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Single-school report from the Results section of a written workshop report; the author attributes the drop in out-of-school suspensions "from 976 to 580" to the school's PBIS program. No comparison school or statistical test is reported.
"Out-of-school suspensions decreased 41% from 976 to 580 due to our Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) program."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- SWPBIS reduces the odds of receiving an office discipline referral — the general claim this finding bears on, with the studies behind it
- Parent involvement increased for three consecutive years under family-centered engagement approaches — related
- Student mastery increased modestly from 17.5% to 19.2% during TEAM Student implementation — related
- A brief online empathic-discipline exercise for teachers halved suspensions in one randomized field experiment, while its preregistered replication found a small, marginal overall effect but narrowed group disparities — related
- A first suspension doubles a student's odds of dropping out of school — related
- Schools implementing all three PBIS tiers with fidelity had significantly fewer students with OSS, fewer days missed from OSS, and fewer OSS incidents than matched non-PBIS schools during 2020–21 — a broader claim this one bears on
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Out-of-school suspensions decreased 41% at a middle school implementing PBIS under the TEAM Student framework |
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Out-of-school suspensions decreased 41% at a middle school implementing PBIS under the TEAM Student framework |
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