Peer support for academic work declines as Chicago students move from sixth through tenth grade¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 1996 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2001: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q3 i? The share of students saying all or most of their friends try hard to get good grades falls from 61 percent in sixth grade to 53 percent in eighth grade to 45 percent in tenth grade. → Sebring 1996

Evidence¶

Sebring 1996¶

Sebring, P. B., Bryk, A. S., Roderick, M., Camburn, E., Luppescu, S., Thum, Y. M., Smith, B., & Kahne, J. (1996). Charting Reform in Chicago: The Students Speak. Consortium on Chicago School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/charting-reform-chicago-students-speak

q3 · i? · associational · r2

Cross-grade comparison from the spring 1994 student survey on five peer-effort questions. The printed percentages show a "declining level of commitment across grades," which the authors link to the documented "cooling out" phenomenon as students move through high school.

"among sixth graders, 61 percent answered that all or most of their friends try hard to get good grades; 53 percent of the eighth graders say this is true of their friends, but only 45 percent of the tenth graders claim this is so."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• The Charting Reform surveys reached 266 elementary schools and 40 high schools in Chicago in Spring 1994 — related
• Parental involvement declines as students move from eighth to tenth grade in Chicago and nationally — related
• Students' reports of teacher personalism drop sharply between eighth and tenth grade in Chicago public schools — related
• Ninth-grade teachers report less communication with and academic support for parents than eighth-grade teachers — related