Does Weight Affect Children's Test Scores and Teacher Assessments Differently?

Autor/in	Zavodny, Madeline
Titel	Does Weight Affect Children's Test Scores and Teacher Assessments Differently?
Quelle	In: Economics of Education Review, 34 (2013), S.135-145 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/j.econedurev.2013.02.003
Schlagwörter	Academic Ability; Academic Achievement; Public Health; Children; Standardized Tests; Obesity; Scores; Correlation; Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Gesundheitswesen; Child; Kind; Kinder; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Adipositas; Korrelation
Abstract	The prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity increased dramatically in the United States during the past three decades. This increase has adverse public health implications, but its implication for children's academic outcomes is less clear. This paper uses data from five waves of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten to examine how children's weight is related to their scores on standardized tests and to their teachers' assessments of their academic ability. The results indicate that children's weight is more negatively related to teacher assessments of their academic performance than to test scores. (Contains 1 figure and 6 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10