Student Discipline
Newport
Student discipline practices shape both the learning environment and students' opportunities to succeed.
While schools need effective ways to respond to behavior, removing students from the classroom through in-school or out-of-school disciplinary actions can reduce instructional time and weaken students' connection to school. Tracking when and how often students are removed from the classroom helps schools better understand discipline patterns, identify groups of students who may be disproportionately affected, and develop strategies that keep students engaged in learning whenever possible. The indicators in this section are designed to measure the use of classroom removals, including both in-school and out-of-school disciplinary actions.
The Newport Community Research Team identified 2 measures focused on Student Discipline:
| Number | Indicator | 1 | Frequency and reason for in-school classroom removal, broken down by student race, gender, grade level, and disability. |
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| 2 | Frequency and reason for in-school student classroom removals, broken down by teacher and student race, gender, and disability. |
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Currently, the active indicator links represent data that is publicly available (i.e., enrollment data and SurveyWorks climate survey). However, in many cases, our community-identified indicators differ from those that are publicly available. We are working to request data that the school district collects but is not yet made public. As new data and visualizations are ready, we will add them to the SCOREcard.
Additionally, some of what community members have asked to be measured in the SCOREcard is, to the best of our knowledge, not currently being collected In these cases, this SCOREcard represents a call to action for the school system, in partnership with community organizations, to collect data in areas that matter to the community, and to make it publicly accessible. As we get access to more data, more indicators will be populated and our SCOREcard will be stronger.