High Stakes in the Classroom, High Stakes on the Street: The Effects of Community Violence on Students' Standardized Test Performance. Working Paper #03-13

Autor/inn/en	Sharkey, Patrick; Schwartz, Amy Ellen; Ellen, Ingrid Gould; Lacoe, Johanna
Institution	New York University, Institute for Education and Social Policy (IESP)
Titel	High Stakes in the Classroom, High Stakes on the Street: The Effects of Community Violence on Students' Standardized Test Performance. Working Paper #03-13
Quelle	(2013), (41 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Violence; Crime; Environmental Influences; Standardized Tests; Scores; Urban Schools; Public Schools; Comparative Analysis; Neighborhoods; Language Arts; Mathematics Achievement; Academic Achievement; Reading Achievement; African American Students; Racial Differences; Stress Variables; Student Records; Police; Poverty; Hispanic American Students; Asian American Students; White Students; Ethnic Groups; Statistical Analysis; Grade 3; Grade 4; Grade 5; Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gewalt; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Sprachkultur; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Schulleistung; Leseleistung; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Rassenunterschied; Schülerakte; Armut; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Ethnie; Statistische Analyse; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08
Abstract	This paper examines the effect of exposure to violent crime on students' standardized test performance among a sample of students in New York City public schools. To identify the effect of exposure to community violence on children's test scores, we compare students exposed to an incident of violent crime on their own blockface in the week prior to the exam to students exposed in the week after the exam. The results show that such exposure to violent crime reduces performance on English Language Arts assessments, and no effect on Math scores. The effect of exposure to violent crime is most pronounced among African Americans, and reduces the passing rates of black students by approximately 3 percentage points. Two appendices contain supplementary tables. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01