41 claims on pp. 7–122 (fact 36, statement 1, conclusion 1, conjecture 1, definition 2).
Principals around the country believe that BTAM is having a net positive impact on improving safety at their schools and also helping to create more positive school climates.
In Chapter 12, we examine principals’ perceptions of the impacts that their BTAM program is having on a variety of outcomes, including school safety; climate; violence rates; and the use of exclusionary discipline and law enforcement involvement.
That is, we examined the time to effectiveness for the different cohorts of BTAM adopters as shown in Figure 3.2.
Sample (column N undeterminable) · Earliest adopters (BTAM team in place 9+ years)
Looking at the earliest adopters (those schools that adopted BTAM teams nine or more years ago), 93 percent perceive that their BTAM teams are at the point where they are somewhat or very effective at maintaining school safety.
Sample (column N undeterminable) · Earliest adopters (BTAM team in place 9+ years)
Only 23 percent of these earliest adopters report that they had reached effectiveness within the first school year.
Within two school years, most early adopters said they feel that their BTAM teams were somewhat or very effective at main-
Sample (column N undeterminable) · Earliest adopters (BTAM team in place 9+ years)
Earliest adopters (9+ school years ago) | [unlabeled] | 52 | 75 | 81
Sample (column N undeterminable) · Midtime adopters
Midtime adopters (5 to 8 school years ago) | 22 | 66 | 87 | 89
Sample (column N undeterminable) · Recent adopters
Recent adopters (2 to 4 school years ago) | 40 | 82 | 88 | N/A
Sample (column N undeterminable) · New adopters
New adopters (0 to 1 school years ago) | 46 | 60 | N/A | N/A
Sample (column N undeterminable) · Earliest adopters (BTAM team in place 9+ years)
taining school safety; within four school years, three-quarters said they feel they have reached effectiveness.
Sample (column N undeterminable) · Earliest adopters (BTAM team in place 9+ years)
Among these early adopters, 12 percent of principals said they feel that their schools had reached the point where the BTAM team was somewhat or very effective at maintaining school safety but were not sure how long it took the team to get there.
Sample (column N undeterminable) · New adopters
Among the newest adopters, 60 percent of principals perceive that their BTAM teams have become somewhat or very effective at maintaining school safety.
Sample (column N undeterminable) · New adopters
Among the balance, 15 percent feel their teams are not currently effective, and 25 percent were not sure whether their BTAM teams were effective.
Short-term suspensions may also help ensure the immediate safety of the individual student and broader school community.
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Sample (N = 1406) · Teams answering effectiveness at maintaining safety
Nine in ten principals (88 percent) had positive perceptions, including 51 percent who said their team was very effective at maintaining school safety and 37 percent who said BTAM was somewhat effective.
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This widespread agreement across contexts reflects strong national confidence in BTAM as a foundational element of school safety infrastructure.
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Sample (N = 1406) · Teams answering effectiveness at maintaining safety
Very ineffective | 5
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Sample (N = 1406) · Teams answering effectiveness at maintaining safety
Somewhat ineffective | 5
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Sample (N = 1406) · Teams answering effectiveness at maintaining safety
Somewhat effective | 37
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Sample (N = 1406) · Teams answering effectiveness at maintaining safety
Very effective | 51
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Sample (N = 1406) · Teams answering effectiveness at maintaining safety
Don’t know | 2
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This figure depicts response data from the following survey question: “How effective do you believe this BTAM team is at maintaining school safety?” (n = 1,406).
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Includes only those who said their school has a school- or district-level BTAM team.
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Principals had a very positive overall perception about the effectiveness of their school BTAM program when it came to keeping their schools safe (see Figure 12.1).
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Sample (N = 1406) · Teams answering effectiveness at maintaining safety
principals said they believe that BTAM was somewhat ineffective at maintaining school safety, and another 5 percent believe it to be very ineffective.
Why inferred The sentence crosses a page break: this quote is the page 95 part and the sentence begins on page 94. Full sentence (pages 94–95): “Meanwhile, only 5 percent of principals said they believe that BTAM was somewhat ineffective at maintaining school safety, and another 5 percent believe it to be very ineffective.”
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Sample (N = 1406) · Teams answering effectiveness at maintaining safety
Two percent of principals were not sure about the impact of BTAM on school safety.
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Principals’ positive perceptions about their BTAM programs’ contributions to maintaining a safe school environment held across various school characteristics.
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Principals who only had a district-level team or whose school only had a small BTAM team had slightly lower perceptions of those teams’ effectiveness.
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Sample (n = undeterminable of 1406) · Teams answering effectiveness at maintaining safety
Said another way, regardless of the crime level in their school, roughly 90 percent of principals felt that their BTAM team was effective at maintaining school safety.
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That is, principals in all types of school settings—whether in a large, urban school or a small, rural school—said they believe that their BTAM program effectively helps keep their school safe.
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Sample (N = 1406 total; column N not printed) · Teams answering effectiveness at maintaining safety
Nevertheless, eight in ten of those principals said they believe that their BTAM program was effective.
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Furthermore, principals’ positive feelings about the effectiveness of the BTAM team also did not depend on the level of crime in the school.
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That is, principals in schools that reported having higher levels of violent crime were just as likely as their counterparts in schools that reported that they had no or only a few violent crimes to feel that their BTAM team was effective in maintaining school safety.
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Principals around the country believe that BTAM is having a net positive impact on improving safety at their schools and also helping to create more positive school climates.
Sample (N = 1644 | 1406 by column) · Table A.23 columns: Official BTAM teams and other school-based teams | Official BTAM teams only
Very ineffective | 4.9 | 4.9
Sample (N = 1644 | 1406 by column) · Table A.23 columns: Official BTAM teams and other school-based teams | Official BTAM teams only
Somewhat ineffective | 5.3 | 4.9
Sample (N = 1644 | 1406 by column) · Table A.23 columns: Official BTAM teams and other school-based teams | Official BTAM teams only
Somewhat effective | 38.8 | 37.3
Sample (N = 1644 | 1406 by column) · Table A.23 columns: Official BTAM teams and other school-based teams | Official BTAM teams only
Very effective | 48.3 | 50.7
Sample (N = 1644 | 1406 by column) · Table A.23 columns: Official BTAM teams and other school-based teams | Official BTAM teams only
Don’t know | 2.7 | 2.2
N | 1,644 | 1,406 |
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