Welcoming-school students transferred out at higher-than-expected rates just before the merger, driven exclusively by the 14 welcoming schools that had to relocate into closed-school buildings¶
Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causalr2·q3
Currency · newest study 2018 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2021: local conditions change quickly
Subclaims¶
Reading the evidence codes
q is the design tier, i the impact, n the sample, and the kind with its r
the rigour judged within that kind: what each code means.
This claim: no standardized effect is recorded in observations/ for it yet, so no benchmark reading is possible.
q3 i? In fall 2013, 21 percent of welcoming-school students did not return, almost 5 percentage points higher than expected, with the increase driven exclusively by welcoming schools relocating into closed-school buildings. → Gordon 2018
Evidence¶
Gordon 2018¶
Gordon, M.F., de la Torre, M., Cowhy, J.R., Moore, P.T., Sartain, L.S., & Knight, D. (2018). School closings in Chicago: Staff and student experiences and academic outcomes. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/school-closings-chicago-staff-and-student-experiences-and-academic-outcomes
q3 · i? · causal · r2
Administrative-data analysis of transfer rates for 13,218 welcoming-school students in grades K-7 versus similar comparison students. The report finds the excess transfer rate "was driven exclusively by students who were attending the 14 welcoming schools that had to relocate to the closed school buildings."
"In fall 2013, 21 percent of the welcoming school students did not return to these schools. This number was almost 5 percentage points higher than expected given their prior school mobility and the mobility rates of other students in similar schools."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- School closures had no effect on absences or suspension rates for affected students — related
- Proximity and relocation into the closed school building strongly predicted enrollment in designated welcoming schools — related
- Welcoming-school students whose schools relocated into closed-school buildings transferred out at higher rates in the merger year; closures did not affect mobility in later years — related
- Displaced students changed schools a second time at roughly twice the rate of comparison students during the first year and the following summer — related
Page metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
type |
claim |
id |
welcoming-school-mobility-spike-relocating-schools |
title |
Welcoming-school students transferred out at higher-than-expected rates just before the merger, driven exclusively by the 14 welcoming schools that had to relocate into closed-school buildings |
description |
Welcoming-school students transferred out at higher-than-expected rates just before the merger, driven exclusively by the 14 welcoming schools that had to relocate into closed-school buildings |
status |
review |
evidence_strength |
moderate |
newest_evidence |
2018 |
recheck_by |
2021 |
generated |
by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-08 |
trust |
unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content |
sources |
1 — gordon-2018 |
Frontmatter is the page's machine-readable record — see the Schema & Guide.