CBO leaders cautioned that assessing WSS outcomes without accounting for district inputs obscures how resource allocation determines policy success¶

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q2 i? CBO leaders reported concern about emphasizing student outcome measures too heavily, arguing that transparency around inputs—resources, supports, and processes—is needed to contextualize impact, since resource allocation often determines success or failure. → Johnson 2026

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Johnson 2026¶

Johnson, D.W. (2026). Co-designing new approaches to school safety: District and community perspectives on Chicago's Whole School Safety Framework. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/co-designing-new-approaches-to-school-safety

q2 · i? · qualitative · r3

Interview-based field scan finding from the Question 3 section. One CBO leader explained that organizers "put [those] questions at the forefront when we are running our own meetings" but they are "not always at the forefront" of district or school day-to-day operations. No effect sizes are reported; this is a qualitative perspective finding.

"Focusing narrowly on the outcomes without a full, critical accounting of the inputs can obscure the manner and extent to which things like resource allocation often determines the success or failure of policies or efforts"

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