Student perceptions of safety and teacher perceptions of order improved in CPS high schools during the same period that OSS rates declined¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2015 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2018: local conditions change quickly

Subclaims¶

q2 i? At the high school level, student perceptions of safety and teacher perceptions of order improved from 2008-09 onward, the same period during which OSS rates declined. → Stevens 2015

Evidence¶

Stevens 2015¶

Stevens, W. D., Sartain, L., Allensworth, E. M., & Levenstein, R., with Guiltinan, S., Mader, N., Huynh, M. H., & Porter, S. (2015). Discipline Practices in Chicago Schools: Trends in the Use of Suspensions and Arrests. UChicago CCSR Research Report. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/discipline-practices-chicago-schools-trends-use-suspensions-and-arrests

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Trend analysis of My Voice, My School survey responses from spring 2007 and 2009 through 2014, alongside CPS administrative suspension data. The report states perceptions "have been improving since the 2008-09 school year; this is also the period during which OSS rates declined in high schools."

"At the high school level, student perceptions of safety and teacher perceptions of order have been improving since the 2008-09 school year; this is also the period during which OSS rates declined in high schools."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Safety — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• Arrest rates for CPS students declined after 2009-10, with African American boys arrested at twice the district average rate — related
• Out-of-school suspension rates in CPS high schools declined each year from 24 percent in 2009-10 to 16 percent in 2013-14 — related
• Perceived safety changes under reduced suspension use varied by school racial composition: a small decline in predominantly Latino schools and a similar-sized but non-significant improvement in predominantly Black schools — related
• Student reports of safety did not improve faster in Culture of Calm schools than in other similar high schools — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Students who attend schools with higher suspension rates are more likely to be arrested and incarcerated as adults and less likely to attend a 4-year college — related
• Secondary suspension risk declined and the racial gap narrowed slightly since 2009-10, while elementary rates did not decline and some districts saw large increases — related
• Teachers' reports of disorder and crime decreased at a faster rate in Culture of Calm schools than in non-CoC schools between 2009 and 2011 (d = 0.4) — related
• Pilot CoC schools did not improve faster than non-pilot CoC schools or non-CoC schools on any measure — related