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Centering Equity Within the PBIS Framework: Overview and Evidence of Effectiveness

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July 2023
MARÍA REINA SANTIAGO-ROSARIO, KENT MCINTOSH, & RUTHIE PAYNO-SIMMONS

Racial and ethnic inequities in school discipline are widespread and persistent, even in schools implementing PBIS with fidelity. Yet integrating components of a multicomponent equity-centered approach into existing tiered frameworks is showing promise for improving equity in student outcomes. This brief describes the Center on PBIS’s 5-Point Equity Approach and the evidence for its positive effects on discipline disproportionality.

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