School discipline data is the best window parents, community members and law enforcement have into school discipline and safety. But there's a problem with the data: It’s hard to find, it’s hard to understand and it’s not accurate.
Errors and questions about how incident reports are gathered, reported to the state and analyzed make it hard to assess whether school officials know what’s in the reports – and whether some issues may be missed entirely.
Schools recorded the highest number of incidents in 2021-22 since the 2012-13 school year, the earliest for which AL.com has available. And numbers of reported incidents increased substantially in just the past year, according to an AL.com analysis. Calling attention to themselves may not be the intention, but it is the result, she said, and once schools begin to monitor a disciplinary issue, counselors and teachers can work to identify the best way to help.according to an AL.com analysisIn 2012-13, schools reported 143,043 incidents. In 2021-22, schools reported 156,018 coded incidents, the highest known number of specific infractions.In addition to 156,000 incidents with codes, schools reported 77,700 “local use” infractions.
Cullman City schools reported 34 incidents two years ago and 890 incidents in 2021-22. But Superintendent Kyle Kalhoff said that last year, the state began counting infractions and incidents in a different way. University of Alabama professor Sara McDaniel and the Center for Interconnected Behavioral Mental Health Systems help schools use discipline data to improve student behavior.
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