Project Disaster-SMART (Statistical Models of Academic Recovery Trajectories) Schools

This project examined the trajectories of academic recovery of schools following natural disasters in order to help inform post-disaster recovery efforts. More specifically, the project had two aims: to identify patterns of school post-disaster recovery and to examine potential risk factors associated with these patterns. To address both aims, we conducted quantitative analyses of data from public schools in the path of Hurricane Ike (2008). These data included school demographic information and standardized testing results from pre-disaster (2003-2008) and post-disaster (2009-2011) periods.

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