This report encapsulates the key findings of Frisvold’s paper and investigates the impact of school breakfast programs on the cognitive achievement of students. While the paper consists of a range of technical data, this report takes a more critical approach and draws out an intuitive analysis from the research, with some reference to the data provided.
1. Introduction
How important is breakfast? Breakfast is understood to have a vital influence on an individual’s educational attainment. In this paper, Frisvold focuses on the impact breakfast has upon students as he examines the relationship between the School Breakfast program (SBP) and cognitive achievement. The SBP is a federal provided program for selected schools which have …show more content…
also realised the potential impact early child nutrition programs could have upon living standards (Glewwe at al., 2000, p.1). Like the investigations carried out in this paper it looked at the effect of nutrition upon living standards of those poorer individuals living in the U.S. as well as in other developing countries. On the other hand Hinrichs paper studied the effects of a National School Lunch Program on educational achievement (Hinrichs, 2010, p.2). It was found that although the lunch program does not have a significant influence on the long-term effect of health, it was more likely to have an impact on school achievement. Therefore the underlying conclusions for such articles is that there is a positive relationship between free or subsidised school meals and educational …show more content…
Firstly, comparisons are made between the schools above and below the SBP thresholds across states. This is done with the use of data obtained from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Secondly, there is some use of regression data which is utilised to assess the cognitive achievement of children. This is where the students entitled to free and reduced-price (FRP) meals fall just under the required threshold compared to those in schools just above it. The findings obtained indicate that the SBP can if fact raise reading and math
1. Introduction
How important is breakfast? Breakfast is understood to have a vital influence on an individual’s educational attainment. In this paper, Frisvold focuses on the impact breakfast has upon students as he examines the relationship between the School Breakfast program (SBP) and cognitive achievement. The SBP is a federal provided program for selected schools which have …show more content…
also realised the potential impact early child nutrition programs could have upon living standards (Glewwe at al., 2000, p.1). Like the investigations carried out in this paper it looked at the effect of nutrition upon living standards of those poorer individuals living in the U.S. as well as in other developing countries. On the other hand Hinrichs paper studied the effects of a National School Lunch Program on educational achievement (Hinrichs, 2010, p.2). It was found that although the lunch program does not have a significant influence on the long-term effect of health, it was more likely to have an impact on school achievement. Therefore the underlying conclusions for such articles is that there is a positive relationship between free or subsidised school meals and educational …show more content…
Firstly, comparisons are made between the schools above and below the SBP thresholds across states. This is done with the use of data obtained from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Secondly, there is some use of regression data which is utilised to assess the cognitive achievement of children. This is where the students entitled to free and reduced-price (FRP) meals fall just under the required threshold compared to those in schools just above it. The findings obtained indicate that the SBP can if fact raise reading and math