NWEA webinar presentation on poverty and school performance¶

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Evidence · 3 claims (3 for) · 1 study (1 associational), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 3 claims rest on one study

Description¶

A webinar presentation released by NWEA Research in July 2019, authored by Andrew Hegedus. The page describes it as "An NWEA webinar by Dr. Andy Hegedus on the relationships between poverty and school performance" and tags it under the topics Equity and High-growth schools & practices. It is presented as a viewable online presentation rather than a peer-reviewed publication, and the page links it to an associated white paper on the same relationships.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Access to the NWEA website, where the page instructs users to "View webinar"

Constraints¶

• The supplied text describes the webinar only at the level of topic and format; no content details are printed

Target Learners¶

• School and district leaders
• Policy makers interested in equity

Target Learning Goals¶

• Understanding how poverty relates to school performance measures

Claims¶

• School poverty is only weakly associated with median student growth in a school [+M]
• Growth measures offer a clearer, more accurate picture of learning than achievement data, while achievement data remains critical for tracking student progress [+M]
• School poverty (%FRL) accounts for about 50% of a school's median student achievement [+M]

Related Elements¶

• Associated white paper: Evaluating the relationships between poverty and school performance
• Evaluating the Relationships Between Poverty and School Performance interactive data visualization gallery

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Key Sources¶

• Hegedus, A. (2019). Relationships between poverty and school performance. NWEA. https://www.nwea.org/resources/relationships-between-poverty-and-school-performance/