Preventing the Link Between SES and High-Risk Behaviors: “Value-Added” Education, Drug Use and Delinquency in High-Risk, Urban Schools

摘要: We examined whether schools achieving better than expected educational outcomes for their students influence the risk of drug use and delinquency among urban, racial/ethnic minority youth. Adolescents (n = 2,621), who were primarily African American Hispanic enrolled in Chicago public 61), completed surveys 6th (aged 12) 8th 14) grades. Value-added education was derived from standardized residuals regression equations predicting school-level academic achievement attendance students’ sociodemographic profiles defined as having higher that given profile schools’ student composition. Multilevel logistic estimated effects value-added on delinquency. After considering initial behavior, associated with lower incidence alcohol, cigarette marijuana use; stealing; participating a group-against-group fight. Significant beneficial remained use, stealing fight after adjustment individual- covariates. Alcohol (past month heavy episodic) showed marginally significant trends hypothesized direction these adjustments. Inner-city may break links between social disadvantage, Identifying processes related to order improve school environments is warranted high costs individual-level interventions.