No SEL construct status or growth significantly predicted chronic absenteeism in 9th grade after controlling for background characteristics¶
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q3 i? Neither intercept nor growth for growth mindset, self-efficacy, or self-management was significantly associated with chronic absenteeism in 9th grade. → Soland 2019
Evidence¶
Soland 2019¶
Soland, J. & Kuhfeld, M. (2019). Identifying students who are off-track academically in 9th Grade: the role of social-emotional learning trajectories. (NWEA Collaborative for Student Growth Research Brief). https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/identifying-students-who-are-off-track-academically-in-9th-grade-the-role-of-social-emotional-learning-trajectories/
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Null result from the nine single-construct SEM models regressing 9th-grade chronic absenteeism on SEL status and growth (Table 5, all p > .05); the article prints no effect size, so impact is not coded. Non-significance does not establish equivalence.
"Neither the intercept nor growth across middle school for the three SEL constructs were significantly associated with chronic absenteeism in 9th grade after controlling for the background characteristics."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Self-management status and growth across middle school predict lower odds of having a GPA below a C and of being suspended in 9th grade, but not chronic absenteeism — related
- Background characteristics independently predict 9th-grade off-track indicators: boys are 1.7 times as likely to be suspended and 3.5 times as likely to have a GPA below a C than girls — related
- In a large urban district, 6th-grade SEL status is more frequently a significant predictor of being off track academically in 9th grade than SEL growth between 6th and 8th grade — related
- 8th grade growth mindset and academic behavior self-reports positively predicted 9th grade on-track status; performance avoidance did not — related
- Academic self-regulation in 8th grade robustly predicts both GPA and school adjustment in 9th grade — related
- Growth in self-management predicts 9th-grade off-track status above and beyond 6th-grade status on that construct — related
- Growth in self-management between 6th and 8th grade predicts being off track academically in 9th grade above and beyond 6th-grade self-management status — related
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No SEL construct status or growth significantly predicted chronic absenteeism in 9th grade after controlling for background characteristics |
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No SEL construct status or growth significantly predicted chronic absenteeism in 9th grade after controlling for background characteristics |
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2019 |
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