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6 Building Condition and Student Achievement
6 Building Condition and Student Achievement
Pages 46-52
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About 11 million students attended school in the school districts reporting buildings with less than adequate condition. Of these students, approximately 3.5 million students attended schools in which the condition was rated as poor, replacement was needed, or significant substandard performance was apparent (NCES, 2000)
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She hypothesized that the condition of public school buildings is affected by parental involvement and that the condition of the school building further affects student achievement. She analyzed these relationships by evaluating the condition of school buildings, determining the extent of parental involvement and the amount of funds parents raised for the local school, and compared the results with student achievement scores, as measured using average test scores on the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS)
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In the Hines study, differences in test scores for students in above-standard schools ranged from 9 points higher for writing and science, to 15 points higher for reading, and 17 points higher for mathematics compared with the test scores of students in substandard buildings. This compares favorably with the results Edwards obtained in her comparison between the worst and best school buildings.
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investigated the relationship between the condition of school buildings and student achievement scores in two large urban school districts, Washington, D.C., and Chicago, Illinois. In testing for the relationship between student achievement and building condition, the researcher used the results of the reading and on math scores on the Stanford Achievement Test in Washington, D.C., and the Iowa Test of Basic Skills in Chicago.
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They used the scores on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills for the fourth and eighth grade students and the Test of Academic Progress for eleventh grade students. In comparing student test scores with the age of the building, the statistical analyses indicated that building age could account for 0.5 percent to 2.6 percent of the variance among fourth grade students, 0 percent to 2.6 percent of the variance among eighth grade students, and 1.4 percent to 3.3 percent of the variance among eleventh graders.
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All of the studies analyzed by the committee found that student test scores improved as the physical condition of school buildings improved. The degree of improvement of students' test scores varied across the studies, but in all cases students in buildings in better condition scored higher than students in buildings in poor condition.
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Recommendation 5: Guidelines for green schools should place significant emphasis on operations and maintenance practices if potential health and productivity benefits are to be achieved and maintained over the lifetime of a building.
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