Evaluation: Caring School Community

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Snapshot Cooperating School Districts of St. Louis, MO

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Background

In this four-year, third-party study funded by the U.S. Department of Education, forty schools in

the Cooperating School Districts of St. Louis were randomly assigned to four treatment groups of ten schools each--three groups of scMhaothoelmsaitmicspSlceomresented CSC, the fourth group served as a

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control. The three treatment groups of CSC schools began implementing CSC in successive

years: the first group in 20500%2?03, the second group in 2003?04, and the third group in 2004?05.

Outcomes were measured annually via surveys of students, surveys of teaching staffs, records of 40%

student discipline referrals, and Missouri state achievement test scores in math and reading.

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As the following graphs indicate, improvement in student achievement correlated directly with each year of CSC impleme20n%tation. Overall, math achievement in CSC program schools

showed a 54% improvem10e%nt; communication arts achievement in CSC program schools

showed a 46% improvement. These gains are particularly impressive because the CSC program

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does not include either readingCoontrrolmathOinne-yseatrructiTowon-ye.ar

Three-year

Schools

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tate Achievement Test

Percentage of Students Pro cient or Advanced on the Missouri State Achievement Test

Language Arts Scores

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Percentage Pro cient and Advanced

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Control Schools (10 schools)

One-year Implementation

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Two-year Implementation

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Three-year Implementation

(10 schools)

Percentage of Students Pro cient or Advanced on the Missouri State Achievement Test

Mathematics Scores

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Percentage Pro cient and Advanced

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Control Schools (10 schools)

One-year Implementation

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Two-year Implementation

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Three-year Implementation

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Percentage of Stud

In addition to CSC's positive effects oLnansgtuuadgenAtrtascShcoireevsement, the study also showed that CSC had statistically significa60n%t effects (Effect Size ................
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