ERIC Number: ED598475
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 21
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: EISSN-
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Long-Term Effects of Social-Emotional Learning on Receipt of Special Education and Grade Retention: Evidence from a Randomized Trial of "INSIGHTS"
McCormick, Meghan P.; Neuhaus, Robin; Horn, E. Parham; O'Connor, Erin E.; White, Hope S.; Harding, Samantha; Cappella, Elise; McClowry, Sandee
Grantee Submission, AERA Open v5 n3 p1-21 2019
Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) programs are school-based preventive interventions that aim to improve children's social-emotional skills and behavioral development. Although meta-analytic research has shown that SEL programs can improve academic and behavioral outcomes in the short term, few studies have examined program effects on receipt of special education services and grade retention in the longer term. Using an experimental design, the current study leveraged administrative data available through students' school records (N = 1,634) to examine the impacts of one SEL program implemented in kindergarten and first grade on receipt of special education and grade retention in fifth grade. The study further considered whether impacts varied for low- versus high-income students. Findings revealed no difference between treatment and control group students in grade retention. However, treatment group students were less likely to ever receive special education services by the end of fifth grade, with low-income students appearing to drive this effect. Implications are discussed. [This article was published in "AERA Open" (EJ1229664).]
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Interpersonal Competence, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Elementary School Students, Social Differences, Low Income Students, Grade Repetition, Special Education, Student Records, Prevention, Intervention, Academic Achievement, Program Implementation, Student Characteristics, Institutional Characteristics, Attention Control, Outcomes of Education, Correlation, Grade 5, Program Effectiveness, Students with Disabilities
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education; Grade 1; Grade 5; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
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Identifiers - Location: New York (New York)
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305A160177
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