Teachers' most negative reports concern student behavior, which more teachers say has gotten worse than better¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 1995 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2000: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q2 i? By almost two to one, more teachers say student behavior has gotten worse (42 percent) than better (23 percent) in the past three years. → Sebring 1995

Evidence¶

Sebring 1995¶

Sebring, P. B., Bryk, A. S., Easton, J. Q., Luppescu, S., Thum, Y. M., Lopez, W. A., & Smith, B. (1995). Charting Reform: Chicago Teachers Take Stock. Consortium on Chicago School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/charting-reform-chicago-teachers-take-stock

q2 · i? · associational · r2

In the same 1994 teacher survey of recent changes, student behavior drew the most negative reports; similarly, more teachers said how students get along with other students had gotten worse (26 percent) than better (20 percent).

"By almost two to one, more teachers say that student behavior has gotten worse in the past three years (42 percent) than those who say that behavior has gotten better (23 percent)."

Discussion¶

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