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Title:

Assessing the Impacts of Student Transportation via Transit on Student Attendance and Academic Achievement
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Accession Number:

01591788

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

In August 2013, all transportation-eligible Minneapolis high school students began using public transportation for school trips and other purposes instead of yellow school buses under the Go- To Student Pass Program. Currently under the program close to 6,000 students are allowed unlimited rides on city buses and light-rail trains between 5 a.m. and 10 p.m. seven days a week during the school year. Having fully implemented the Go-To Student Pass program in Minneapolis high schools and with the program being active for close to three years, both, Minneapolis Public Schools and Metro Transit are interested in exploring potential benefits of the program for students. Despite the implementation of similar programs across the country evaluation of these programs in terms of student benefits, attendance and academic achievement in particular, have been limited and anecdotal. This paper is a direct response to the local and national need for rigorous empirical examination of the academic benefits of student transportation on transit and focuses on looking at the impacts of the Go-To Student Pass Program on student GPA and attendance of Minneapolis high school students. Findings from the regression analysis indicate that while enrollment in the program did not impact student GPA scores, the total number of absent days was found to be 18 (IRR=.82, p<0.01) percent lower for students enrolled in the Go-To Student Pass Program. Policy implications and the need for further research on the subject are discussed.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADD20 Standing Committee on Social and Economic Factors of Transportation.

Monograph Accession #:

01584066

Report/Paper Numbers:

16-6393

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Fan, Yingling
Das, Kirti V

Pagination:

14p

Publication Date:

2016

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2016-1-10 to 2016-1-14
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

References; Tables

Geographic Terms:

Minneapolis (Minnesota)

Subject Areas:

Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2016 Paper #16-6393

Files:

PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jan 12 2016 6:50PM