ERIC Number: EJ1275975
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
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What's Missing from the Nation's Report Card
Lee, Jaekyung
Phi Delta Kappan, v102 n4 p46-51 Dec 2020-Jan 2021
This study re-envisions the Nation's Report Card from a "whole child" perspective that considers not just students' academic achievement, but also their physical and mental health. Jaekyung Lee's integrated analysis of the National Assessment of Educational Progress and the National Survey of Children's Health datasets reveals that many of our children and youth are not in good shape, getting the average grade of C, with grades of B+ for physical health, C for socioemotional wellness, and D for academic proficiency. The analysis also shows that better health and wellness measures are associated with higher achievement. In addition, the states with stronger "whole community" scores, which measure protective and nurturing family-school-neighborhood environments, produce students who do better on all measures.
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Physical Health, Mental Health, Social Emotional Learning, National Competency Tests, Grade 4, Grade 8, Holistic Approach, Well Being, Educational Change
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades; Grade 8; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Assessment of Educational Progress
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