RJ implementation is associated with improved attendance, including lower chronic absenteeism relative to non-RJ schools¶

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Evidence · 1 study · review r2 · q2
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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Across studies, school attendance tended to improve after RJ implementation; one Oakland study found chronic absenteeism dropped 24 percent in RJ middle schools while rising 62.3 percent in non-implementing schools. → Fronius 2016

Evidence¶

Fronius 2016¶

Fronius, Persson, Guckenburg, Hurley, & Petrosino. (2016). Restorative Justice in U.S. Schools: A Research Review. WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED596786

q2 · i? · review · r2

Narrative review reporting an Oakland observational comparison (Jain et al., 2014) of RJ-implementing versus non-implementing middle schools: "chronic absenteeism drop by 24 percent" versus a 62.3 percent increase elsewhere over the same period.

"A more recent study in Oakland (Jain, Bassey, Brown, & Kalra, 2014) reports that middle schools implementing RJ saw chronic absenteeism drop by 24 percent while schools not implementing the program experienced an increase of 62.3 percent during the same period."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Time and Continuity — outcome: instruction changes it

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