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> adding an after school van would increase student test scores for a failing school What is an "after school van"? A free bus/taxi service for students?

• anon223345 4y ago
  Ya essentially there were schools super underperforming, and when that happens they get a boost of cash to try crazy shit, and if it doesn’t work within X amount of time they shut the schools down. The school boards met, hired my group to try to apply some AI With Watson we put in every known scholarly article about test score performance We asked it “How can I get students test scores up at these schools” Watson was like “try x,y, … free transportation to after school programs, based on expected volume save money using vans instead of busses. In the failing schools, none are near a subway. These research papers have shown x% lift in test scores when transportation options were accessible” And that surprisingly stupid answer was absolutely accurate. The failing schools turned out to have low participation in after school programs, and a large part was the kids had no way to get home