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Do Strikes and Work-to-Rule Campaigns Change Elementary School Assessment Results?
- Source :
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Canadian Public Policy . Dec2011, Vol. 37 Issue 4, p479-494. 16p. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- This paper uses data from the Grade 3 and 6 assessments conducted in Ontario schools to examine the association between student achievement and both strikes and work-to-rule campaigns by teachers. Between 1998/99 and 2003/04 approximately 5 percent of schools in Ontario were exposed to strikes (including one lockout) and over 10 percent of schools experienced a work-to-rule campaign (the withdrawal of many school activities normally carried out by teachers). This study finds large reductions in academic achievement associated with strikes at disadvantaged schools in both Grade 3 and Grade 6, and substantial reductions in results associated with work-to-rule campaigns. The reductions associated with work-to-rule campaigns vary across schools with the largest reductions at disadvantaged schools in Grade 3 and at advantaged schools in Grade 6. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03170861
- Volume :
- 37
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Canadian Public Policy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 69539441
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3138/cpp.37.4.479