Schools where students report feeling more safe, supported, and challenged show stronger academic and social-emotional growth, and student reports predict future school improvement¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · theoretical r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2021 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 2 of 2 entries) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Schools where students report feeling more safe, supported, and challenged show stronger growth on academic and social-emotional outcomes. → Sebring 2021 q2 i? Student reports about classroom experiences predict whether a school will improve in the future and whether future students will succeed. → Sebring 2021 (2)

Evidence¶

Sebring 2021¶

Sebring, Sall, Kheraj, Davis, Allensworth, de la Torre, & Beechum. (2021). Research and Engagement Agenda, 2021–25. UChicago Consortium on School Research. https://www.5-essentials.org/cps/5e/2018/s/610268/essentials/families/#trends?c=district&o=-change

q2 · i? · theoretical · r2

The agenda reports, citing Hart, Young, Chen, Zou, & Allensworth (2020), that schools where students "report feeling more safe, supported, and challenged" show stronger growth on academic and social-emotional outcomes. No effect sizes are printed.

"Schools in which students report feeling more safe, supported, and challenged show stronger growth on academic and social-emotional outcomes."

Sebring 2021 (2)¶

Sebring, Sall, Kheraj, Davis, Allensworth, de la Torre, & Beechum. (2021). Research and Engagement Agenda, 2021–25. UChicago Consortium on School Research. https://www.5-essentials.org/cps/5e/2018/s/610268/essentials/families/#trends?c=district&o=-change

q2 · i? · theoretical · r2

The agenda further reports, citing Hart et al. (2020) and Jackson, Porter, Easton, Blanchard, & Kiguel (2020), that student classroom-experience reports are "strong predictors of whether a school will show improvement in the future" and of future students' success. No statistics are printed.

"Student reports about their experiences in class are not only related to their own performance, but are strong predictors of whether a school will show improvement in the future"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Safety — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

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