Impact of Comprehensive Student Support on Academic Achievement in Turnaround Schools

• In Event: 18.073 - Poster Session 3
  In Poster Session: 18.073-10 - Applied Research in School: Education Policy and School Context

Abstract

This paper presents results from a study of a school-based student support intervention designed to address students’ out-of-school needs. Past studies have demonstrated positive effects of the program on student academic achievement. We describe results of a study of academic outcomes for a more recent implementation in six high-poverty, urban schools designated as “persistently underperforming.” Multilevel regression models were used to estimate treatment effects on state test scores. Results indicated that Turnaround schools implementing the support model had significantly lower English Language Arts and mathematics scores than comparison schools in years before implementation. After implementation, test scores for students in Turnaround schools were not significantly lower than other students and the score “gap” between underperforming and comparison schools was reduced.

Authors

• Laura M. O'Dwyer, Boston College

• Anastasia Raczek, Boston College

• Mary Walsh, Boston College

• Caroline Vuilleumier, Boston College

• Bercem Akbayin, The College Board

• Eric Dearing, Boston College

• Erin Sibley, Boston College

• Diego Armando Luna Bazaldua, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México