“…High-quality positive STRs have been found to have medium to large positive relationships with student engagement, small to medium positive relationships with academic achievement (Roorda et al, 2011), a positive relationship with students’ sense of belonging (e.g., Birch & Ladd, 1997), and a positive relationship with students’ self-esteem and social skills (Cornelius-White, 2007). From a longitudinal perspective, STRs predict later reading achievement (Valiente et al, 2019) and lead to reductions in problem behavior during the middle school years (Pakarinen et al, 2017). High-quality positive STRs are also inversely related to students’ problematic behavior (Brewster & Bowen, 2004; Quin, 2016; Silver et al, 2005), dropout (Quin, 2016), and suspension (Green, 1998; Quin, 2016).…”