US EditionFlorida test scores rise, attendance improves after cellphone ban
The ban initially doubled suspensions but later normalized, while unexcused absences dropped and test scores rose significantly in the second year, study finds.
- On review, the study finds significant test-score gains in a large, unidentified urban Florida school district after a cellphone ban, with improvements in the second year.
- In recent years, cellphone bans have become popular policies, with school systems nationwide increasing their use, prompting the study's quasi-experimental research strategy to assess impacts.
- Immediately after the ban, suspension rates doubled and student disciplinary incidents jumped during the first year, while test scores rose particularly for male students in the second year.
- The findings show reduced unexcused absences appear to be a key factor in test-score gains, but the study authors warn these benefits come with short-term elevated suspension rates.
- Policy-Wise, the study matters because thirty states have passed or recommended bans, effects are strongest in middle and high schools, and the authors note their views are their own.
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The Impact of Cellphone Bans in Schools on Student Outcomes: Evidence from Florida
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Student cellphone prohibition improves test scores: Study
(The Center Square) – A new study shows “significant improvements” in student test scores in concert with banning cellphones in Florida schools. The gains came in the second year of the ban, according to the study by the National Bureau of Economic Research. “The findings suggest that cellphone bans in schools significantly reduce student unexcused absences, an effect that may explain a large fraction of the test score gains,” says a summary of …
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The Political InsiderFlorida’s School Cell Phone Ban Appears Effective so Far, New Study Says
Preliminary research on the Sunshine State’s cell phone ban in public schools indicates mostly positive results. The study, conducted by the RAND Corporation and the University of Rochester and published by the National Bureau of Economic Research earlier this month, indicates a slight increase in Florida’s test scores, as well as a reduction in unexcused absences. Florida’s law, a bell-to-bell ban in addition to restrictions on social media use…
Florida test scores rise, attendance improves after cellphone ban
A new study finds that Florida test scores rose and attendance improved after a school cellphone ban, although short-term disciplinary problems also arose in the state. The study, conducted by two researchers from the University of Rochester and RAND, a nonprofit research organization, found the positive benefits from a cellphone ban don’t emerge until the second year the policy is enacted. By Year 2, student test…
Florida's iPhone bans in schools help raise test scores, study shows
Apple’s iPhone 17 A new study in Florida found that students separated from their cellphones during school hours had fewer absences and higher test scores. The latest data showed disciplinary incidents stabilizing and test scores rising by roughly two to three percentile points compared to pre-ban levels, researchers reported. Anna Kutz and Brooke Shafer for NewsNation: The new study is not peer-reviewed and only looked at one large Florida…
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