Philadelphia's 2012-2013 discipline reform produced a modest decline in suspensions for nonviolent infractions in the year of reform¶

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Subclaims¶

q3 i? The reform resulted in a modest decline in suspensions for nonviolent infractions in the year of reform. → Johanna Lacoe 2018

Evidence¶

Johanna Lacoe 2018¶

Johanna Lacoe, Matthew P. Steinberg. (2018). Rolling Back Zero Tolerance: The Effect of Discipline Policy Reform on Suspension Usage and Student Outcomes. Peabody Journal of Education, vol. 93, issue 2. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/rolling-back-zero-tolerance-the-effect-of-discipline-policy-reform-on-suspension-usage-and-student doi:10.1080/0161956x.2018.1435047

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Difference-in-differences analysis of Philadelphia's district-level discipline policy reform, which limited suspensions for nonviolent student misconduct. The authors report "a modest decline in suspensions for nonviolent infractions in the year of reform"; no effect size is printed.

"Employing a difference-in-differences approach, we find that Philadelphia's reform resulted in a modest decline in suspensions for nonviolent infractions in the year of reform"

Discussion¶

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