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标题：Release Time and Academic Outcomes: Does Releasing Students for Religious or Moral Education Negatively Affect Test Scores?
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作者：David R. Hodge ; Gary S. Cuddeback
期刊名称：Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research
电子版ISSN：1948-822X
出版年度：2010
卷号：1
期号：1
页码：56-65
DOI：10.5243/jsswr.2010.5
出版社：Society for Social Work and Research
摘要：This study examines the relationship between release time and academic outcomes. Release time programs allow public school students to be excused from classes to receive off-site religious or moral education. In large part due to the federal No Child Left Behind legislation, schools are under increasing pressure to raise test scores. Consequently, some observers have questioned release time programs based on the assumption that missed instructional time results in lower test scores. To address these concerns, this study uses a quasi-experimental design to compare the academic outcomes of release-time students (n = 187) with a sample of students who did not participate in release time (n = 187). The comparison group was selected using propensity score matching methods. Findings show participation in release time was not associated with lower academic test scores.