School Closing Policy
Intervention Details
Subjects
English Language Arts, MathAcademic Program
General EducationDuration
N/AGrades
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8Personnel
Administrator, General Education Teacher, Principal
Intervention Summary
School Closure Policy
Grades
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8Personnel
Administrator, General Education Teacher, PrincipalStatistical Finding Summary
Negative effect on reading and math achievement during the announcement year
No effect on reading and math achievement one year after school closing
No effect on reading and math achievement two and three years after school closing
Positive effect on achievement for students who enrolled in top-performing schools
Positive effect on achievement for students who experienced high levels of teacher support
No effect on the percentage of students on-track to graduate at the end of their freshmen year
Negative effect on summer school enrollment immediately after school closing
Positive effect on school mobility during the academic year after school closing
Source
Julia, G. & Marisa, d. l. T. (2009). When Schools Close: Effects on Displaced Students in Chicago Public Schools. Research Report (ED510792). ERIC. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED510792.pdf.
Data Sample by Population
These charts show the characteristics of the student populations studied. When assessing programs, you may want to prioritize interventions that yielded success in a similar demographic environment as your school or district.
The subgroup population data as studied here are not available. That means that while this study may work well for your setting, we cannot say based on the published study and results from our system’s reading of that study what the school/district subgroup characteristics were when evaluated here.