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  • Title: Delayed high school start times later than 8:30am and impact on graduation rates and attendance rates.
    Author: McKeever PM, Clark L.
    Journal: Sleep Health; 2017 Apr; 3(2):119-125. PubMed ID: 28346158.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVES: The first purpose of this study was to investigate changes in high school graduation rates with a delayed school start time of later than 8:30am. The second aim of the study was to analyze the association between a delayed high school start time later than 8:30am and attendance rates. DESIGN: In the current study, a pre-post design using a repeated-measures analysis of variance was used to examine changes in attendance and graduation rates 2 years after a delayed start was implemented. SETTING: Public high schools from 8 school districts (n=29 high schools) located throughout 7 different states. Schools were identified using previous research from the Children's National Medical Center's Division of Sleep Medicine Research Team. PARTICIPANTS AND MEASUREMENTS: A total membership of more than 30,000 high school students enrolled in the 29 schools identified by the Children's National Medical Center's Research Team. A pre-post design was used for a within-subject design, controlling for any school-to-school difference in the calculation of the response variable. This is the recommended technique for a study that may include data with potential measurement error. RESULTS: Findings from this study linked a start time of later than 8:30am to improved attendance rates and graduation rates. CONCLUSIONS: Attendance rates and graduation rates significantly improved in schools with delayed start times of 8:30am or later. School officials need to take special notice that this investigation also raises questions about whether later start times are a mechanism for closing the achievement gap due to improved graduation rates.
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