Exposure to suspensions for serious misconduct has very small negative spillovers onto peer achievement¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2019 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Peer exposure to suspensions for more serious misconduct produces very small negative spillovers onto peer achievement. → Lacoe 2019

Evidence¶

Lacoe 2019¶

Lacoe, J., & Steinberg, M. P. (2019). Do Suspensions Affect Student Outcomes? Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, vol. 41, issue 1. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/do-suspensions-affect-student-outcomes doi:10.3102/0162373718794897

q3 · i? · causal · r2

Peer-spillover analysis in the Philadelphia student panel data finds "Exposure to suspensions for more serious misconduct has very small, negative spillovers onto peer achievement." No effect size is printed in the available text.

"Exposure to suspensions for more serious misconduct has very small, negative spillovers onto peer achievement, but does not change peer absences."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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