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Will Davis; Daniel Kreisman; Tareena Musaddiq – Education Finance and Policy, 2024
We estimate the effect of universal free school meal access through the Community Eligibility Program (CEP) on child body mass index (BMI). Through the CEP, schools with high percentages of students qualified for free or reduced-priced meals can offer free breakfast and lunch to all students. With administrative data from a large school district…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Low Income Groups, Lunch Programs, Eligibility
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Ashraf, Bilal; Singh, Akansha; Uwimpuhwe, Germaine; Coolen-Maturi, Tahani; Einbeck, Jochen; Higgins, Steve; Kasim, Adetayo – Education Endowment Foundation, 2021
This study investigates the impact of Education Endowment Foundation (EEF)-funded trials on pupils eligible for free school meals. Although similar analysis is conducted during each individual evaluation, this report conducts a meta-analysis using data from 88 trials and over half a million pupils to reach conclusions. The report contributes to…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, Eligibility, Mathematics Achievement, Literacy
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Harwell, Michael – National Education Policy Center, 2018
Measures of socioeconomic status (SES) are widely used in educational research and policy applications, in large part due to overwhelming evidence linking SES to student achievement. SES is usually conceptualized as an unobservable factor--a construct--measured using variables such as parental education, occupation, income/wealth, and home…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Academic Achievement, Correlation, Research Methodology