Stuck in the Middle Grades

Autor/in	Villanueva, Chandra
Institution	Center for Public Policy Priorities (CPPP)
Titel	Stuck in the Middle Grades
Quelle	(2017), (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Middle School Students; Dropouts; Dropout Prevention; Pilot Projects; Dropout Characteristics; At Risk Students; Early Adolescents; Mentors; School Community Programs; Best Practices; Community Schools; State Legislation; State Policy; Graduation Rate; Dropout Rate; Data Use; After School Programs; Educational Finance; Reentry Students; Nontraditional Education; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Community school; ; Gemeindeschule; Gemeinschaftsschule; Landesrecht; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Bildungsfonds; Zweiter Bildungsweg; Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung
Abstract	Roughly defined as grades four through eight, the middle grades are a known pressure point in the educational pipeline -- a make or break period for determining future academic success. Research has shown that students who are not proficient in reading by the beginning of fourth grade are four times more likely to drop out of school. Similarly, sixth graders have only a 15-25 percent chance of graduating high school on time if they are failing math or English, if they have an attendance rate of less than 85 percent, or if they have exhibited unsatisfactory behavior in a core course. During the 2014-15 school year, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) estimates that eight percent of Texas dropout students left school in the seventh or eighth grade. That assessment does not include the number of students who are falling behind their peers and are likely to drop out once they get to high school, nor does it include anyone who leaves school before the seventh grade. To keep students in the middle grades on the path to graduation, the Center for Public Policy Priorities (CPPP) recommends that the state: (1) create an early warning data system pilot program that begins in sixth grade; (2) strengthen academic and social supports for students at risk of dropping out, including out-of school time and mentoring programs; and (3) study best practices for dropout recovery in Texas. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Center for Public Policy Priorities. 900 Lydia Street, Austin, TX 78702. Tel: 512-320-0222; Fax: 512-320-0227; Web site: http://forabettertexas.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01