Student-reported safety and classroom behavior are more positive in top-quartile schools, and students feel less safe outside school than inside¶

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Evidence · 1 study (3 entries) · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2005 · checked against its sources 2026-10-18 (automated, 3 of 3 entries) · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2010: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q2 i? In schools rated highest on student safety, 28 percent of students feel very safe and 39 percent feel mostly safe, while in the lowest-rated schools only 13 percent feel very safe. → Luppescu 2005 q2 i? Students are much less apt to feel safe outside the school than inside. → Luppescu 2005 (2) q2 i? Sixty-three percent of students in top-quartile schools report very positive or moderately positive classroom behavior, versus bottom-quartile schools where the most frequent rating (41 percent) is negative. → Luppescu 2005 (3)

Evidence¶

Luppescu 2005¶

Luppescu, S., & Hart, H. (2005). Improving Chicago's Schools 2005 Survey Report: Details of Student and Teacher Responses. Consortium on Chicago School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/improving-chicagos-schools-sample-high-school-details-2005

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Summary comparison of the Safety scale across school quartiles from student survey responses. The report continues that about one-third of top-school students feel somewhat safe or not safe, while in the lowest-rated schools the most common category is somewhat safe, with 40 percent of students.

"In the schools rated highest on student safety, 28 percent of students feel very safe and 39 percent feel mostly safe."

Luppescu 2005 (2)¶

Luppescu, S., & Hart, H. (2005). Improving Chicago's Schools 2005 Survey Report: Details of Student and Teacher Responses. Consortium on Chicago School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/improving-chicagos-schools-sample-high-school-details-2005

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The report's general statement about the Safety scale, which measures students' sense of personal safety in classes, hallways and bathrooms, traveling between home and school, and outside around the school.

"In general, students are much less apt to feel safe outside the school than inside."

Luppescu 2005 (3)¶

Luppescu, S., & Hart, H. (2005). Improving Chicago's Schools 2005 Survey Report: Details of Student and Teacher Responses. Consortium on Chicago School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/improving-chicagos-schools-sample-high-school-details-2005

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Summary comparison of the Student Classroom Behavior scale, which asked students whether classmates treat each other with respect, work together, and help each other learn. In bottom-quartile schools 41 percent rate behavior negative and 14 percent very negative.

"Sixty-three percent of students in the top quartile schools on this scale report very positive or moderately positive classroom behavior."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Safety — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• Students feel safest in classrooms and least safe in areas just outside the school, with safety tracking the level of adult supervision — related
• Most students, even in bottom quartile schools, report feeling mostly safe at school — related
• Chicago students feel safest in classrooms and least safe outside around school, where about two-thirds feel uneasy — related
• Black and Latinx students generally feel less safe at school than their White peers — related