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12/10/2003 |
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| While emphasis on accountability may help some students boost test scores, others are being left behind. This online presentation will examine how health and environmental factors affect student achievement. |
| Though new standards, curricula, teaching techniques, and other types of practices are indispensable for improving academic performance, not all students will benefit from these reforms. This webcast will explore how nonacademic factors -- substance use, exposure to violence, exercise, nutrition, school climate, and safety -- impede students' academic progress. Using longitudinal, school-level test score data and data from the state-sponsored California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS), the presenter will lead participants through discussions that will examine the research and its implications for policymakers and educators. Participants will learn the extent to which student exposure to health risks and low levels of developmental supports or hinders test scores and discuss solutions to the ongoing problem. |
Tom Hanson, Senior Research Associate, WestEd
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