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AERA 2021 �AIR Presentations

Dr. Laura Goadrich

Arkansas NAEP State Coordinator

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AERA 2021 Presentation

  • Investigating Academic Resilience �Using Data from the 2017 NAEP

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Characteristics of High-Performing Students Who Are Eligible for the National School Lunch Program: Sakiko Ikoma�

  • 2017 NAEP
    • National public
    • 8th grade students
    • Mathematics
    • Eligible for NSLP

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  • Focus: High-performing (Proficient or above) �and low-performing students

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  • Academic resilience- students’ ability to have educational success despite different types of adversity

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Characteristics of High-Performing Students Who Are Eligible for the National School Lunch Program: Sakiko Ikoma

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Characteristics of High-Performing Students Who Are Eligible for the National School Lunch Program: Sakiko Ikoma

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Examining the School Characteristics of Different National School Lunch Program- Eligible Schools: Juanita Hicks

  • Literature review of School Effectiveness formulas (1977 to present)
    • Varying factors: Leadership, student expectations, teachers having high student expectations, etc.

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  • 2017 NAEP
    • National public
    • Mathematics, Reading and Writing
    • 8th grade students
    • NSLP eligibility

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Examining the School Characteristics of Different National School Lunch Program- Eligible Schools: Juanita Hicks

  • NAEP School Questionnaire items:
    • Reviewed 15 items from 3 focus areas:
      • Teacher Collaboration
      • Math program alignment
      • Extracurricular activities

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  • Research question:
    • Do the selected school factors have a relationship with and/or predict student achievement?

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  • Analyses- Assess how identified factors were related to and predictive of student achievement (aggregated to the school level)

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Examining the School Characteristics of Different National School Lunch Program- Eligible Schools: Juanita Hicks

  • Results: Significant correlation between NSLP level and school average scale score
    • Teacher collaboration
    • Math program alignment
    • Extra Curricular activities

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  • NSLP is a significant predictor of average school achievement
    • As the percentage of students eligible for NSLP in a school decreases, average school achievement increases
    • Teacher collaboration has a positive impact on average school achievement for low and high NSLP school, but not for middle (26-75%) NSLP schools
    • Having extra activities has a positive impact on average school achievement for high (76%+) NSLP schools

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State Comparison of High-Achieving Students in High-Poverty Schools: �Stephanie Straus�

  • State gaps between low- vs. high-poverty schools
    1. Calculate school NSLP

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    • Divide schools into low NSLP (0-50%) “low poverty schools”�and high NSLP (51-100%) “high poverty schools”
    • Calculate the mean score for all students in each school NSLP level, in each state
    • SES gaps = high poverty group mean – low poverty group mean
    • Relative gap = the State SES gap – national SES gap

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State Comparison of High-Achieving Students in High-Poverty Schools: �Stephanie Straus�

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State Comparison of High-Achieving Students in High-Poverty Schools: �Stephanie Straus�

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State Comparison of High-Achieving Students in High-Poverty Schools: �Stephanie Straus

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State Comparison of High-Achieving Students in High-Poverty Schools: �Stephanie Straus

  • Selected comparable states for policy comparison/analysis
    • State average NAEP scale scores
    • Proportion of students in high-poverty schools
    • School-age population size
  • Suggestions based on state pair comparisons
    • Incentivizing and training effective teachers
    • School leader flexibility
    • Extending learning
    • Universal screening

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Resources

  • Presentation slides source: �https://tinyurl.com/NAEP-AERA-slides �
  • Draft paper source: �https://tinyurl.com/NAEP-AERA-paper
    • This paper is a draft and should not be cited or distributed without permission from the authors

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Investigating Academic Resilience �Using Data from the 2017 NAEP

  1. Characteristics of High-Performing Students Who Are Eligible for the National School Lunch Program
    • Sakiko Ikoma, AIR
  2. Examining the School Characteristics of Different National School Lunch Program- Eligible Schools
    • Juanita Hicks, AIR
  3. State Comparison of High-Achieving Students in High-Poverty Schools
    • Stephanie Straus, Georgetown University
    • Alison Fibey, AIR

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