A 2017 meta-analysis found SEL program participation associated with a 6% increase in high school and an 11% increase in college graduation rates¶
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q3 i? Students in social and emotional learning programs showed a 6% increase in high school graduation rates and an 11% increase in college graduation rates. → Cardichon 2019
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Cardichon 2019¶
Cardichon, J., & Darling-Hammond, L. (2019). Protecting students' civil rights: The federal role in school discipline. Palo Alto, CA: Learning Policy Institute. https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/student-civil-rights-school-discipline doi:10.33682/a3vc-nfcx
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A 2017 meta-analysis on social and emotional learning reported that participating students "demonstrated a 6% increase in high school graduation rates and an 11% increase in college graduation rates." The report cites this as evidence for replacing exclusionary discipline with SEL strategies.
"According to a 2017 meta-analysis on the effects of social and emotional learning, students participating in social and emotional learning programs demonstrated a 6% increase in high school graduation rates and an 11% increase in college graduation rates."
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Related Claims¶
- Social-emotional learning benefits persist at follow-up — related
- SEL programs are associated with an 11 percentile-point improvement in academic performance — related
- Schoolwide SEL programs are associated with long-term achievement gains, with multiple meta-analyses estimating an 11-percentile-point gain on average for participating students — related
- Compared with non-participants, nearly 24% more students who participated in schoolwide SEL programs exhibited increased pro-social behaviors and reported decreased distress — related
- Attending a high school with higher social-emotional value-added increases students' likelihood of graduating and enrolling in a four-year college — related
- Universal school-based SEL programs improve students' behaviour, with a small and, in recent randomised trials, negligible effect on academic achievement — related
- SEL programs improve social emotional skills — related
- Social and emotional learning programs promote competencies, reduce behavior problems, and improve engagement and achievement, with sustained longer-term benefits — related
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A 2017 meta-analysis found SEL program participation associated with a 6% increase in high school and an 11% increase in college graduation rates |
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A 2017 meta-analysis found SEL program participation associated with a 6% increase in high school and an 11% increase in college graduation rates |
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