Athletics impact on academic success as measured by GPA attendance rates and OGT average score of the high school student athlete Athletic Participation on Academic Success Measured several variables ID: 223750
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Dumb Jocks?
Athletics impact on academic success, as measured by GPA, attendance rates, and OGT average score, of the high school student athleteSlide2
Athletic Participation on Academic Success
Measured several variables
GPA
Attendence
Rates
Overall average OGT score
Attendence
rates
Compared
between gender, and athlete vs. None athlete
.
Data from 154 athletes and 245 non-athletes in grades 10-12 from the 12-13 school year.
Surveyed athletes to see if amount of time participating effected their studies Slide3
Blanchester Background
70
square mile public school district
K-12
enrollment of 1,769 students with 461 students in the high school.
47% student population
poverty.
spend
$7,862.32 on each student each year compared to the state average of $10,597.21.
The
average income in the community is $40,475.
96th
out of a possible 871 school districts which had their performance index calculated at the end of the 2012 school year. Slide4
Athletic Department Info
2012-2013 the
athletic department spent $60,963.96 on equipment, officials’ fees, uniforms, and supplies.
generated
$60,893.88 through ticket sales, donations, parking pass sales, and rebates.
183 high school students participated this fall
61 had 3.5 GPA or higher during 1
st
quarter
82 high school students this
winterSlide5
Literature
Phillips and Schafer (1971
)
Teachers may push athletes to perform better, to be eligible
Lumkin
and Favor J. (2012
)
139,349 Kansas students
Found GPA, attendance, standard test scores better
Phi
Delta Kappa/Gallup
Poll
1984 – 31% public valued athletics’ role in education
2013 – 90% Slide6
GPASlide7Slide8
Attendance Slide9
Average OGTSlide10
Time Constraints
30% thought participation
in athletics negatively limits the amount of time they have to work on academics.
7
0% felt
like they have enough time, outside of the school day, to prepare for academics.
63% believe
maintaining their athletic eligibility causes them to study more.
60%
consider maintaining their athletic eligibility when they schedule their classes for the next school year. Slide11
Summary
Blanchester Student athletes have greater academic success compared to non-athletes.
Female athletes at Blanchester have greater academic success compared to the male athletes.