School Greenness and Student-Level Academic Performance: Evidence From the Global South.

ABSTRACT: Greenspace in schools might enhance students' academic performance. However, the literature-dominated by ecological studies at the school level in countries from the Northern Hemisphere-presents mixed evidence of a beneficial association. We evaluated the association between school greenness and student-level academic performance in Santiago, Chile, a capital city of the Global South. This cross-sectional study included 281,695 fourth-grade students attending 1,498 public, charter, and private schools in Santiago city between 2014 and 2018. Student-level academic performance was assessed using standardized test scores and indicators of attainment of learning standards in mathematics and reading. School greenness was estimated using Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI). Linear and

SUBMITTER: Jimenez RB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10395463 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature