Abstracts
Abstract
Across many educational jurisdictions, school boards use portable classrooms to accommodate students in overcrowded schools. Despite their popularity, neither the socioeconomic contexts of their utilization nor their effects on academic achievement are well understood. This article expands the incipient literature on portable classrooms by reporting on a study that examined portable classroom use in the 27 largest school boards in Ontario, Canada. Through a combination of statistical strategies, this research reports on (a) the socioeconomic factors that increase the odds of having a high number of portable classrooms and (b) the factors associated with portable classroom use that affect academic achievement. Based on these findings, this article offers recommendations for policy and practice.
Keywords:
- Portable Classroom,
- School Overcrowding,
- Ontario,
- School Boards
Résumé
Dans de nombreuses juridictions scolaires, les conseils scolaires utilisent des salles de classe préfabriqués pour accueillir les élèves dans les écoles surpeuplées. Malgré leur popularité, ni les contextes socio-économiques de leur utilisation ni leurs effets sur la réussite scolaire ne sont bien compris. Cette étude élargit la littérature naissante sur les salles de classe portables en rendant compte d’une étude qui a examiné l’utilisation des salles de classe portables dans les 27 plus grands conseils scolaires de la province canadienne de l’Ontario. Grâce à une combinaison de stratégies statistiques, cette recherche rend compte (a) des facteurs socio-économiques qui augmentent les chances d’avoir un nombre élevé de portables et (b) des facteurs associés à l’utilisation portable qui affectent la réussite scolaire. Sur la base de ces conclusions, le document propose des recommandations pour la politique et la pratique.
Mots-clés :
- Salles de Classe Préfabriqués,
- Salles de Classe Portables,
- Écoles Surpeuplées,
- Ontario,
- Conseils Scolaires
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