The Dynamics and Measurement of High School Homelessness and Achievement

Autor/inn/en	Darolia, Rajeev; Sullivan, Andrew
Titel	The Dynamics and Measurement of High School Homelessness and Achievement
Quelle	In: Educational Researcher, 52 (2023) 7, S.413-421 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Sullivan, Andrew)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-189X
DOI	10.3102/0013189X231175142
Schlagwörter	High School Students; Homeless People; Academic Achievement; Measures (Individuals); Public Schools; Graduation Rate; High School Graduates; Housing; Differences; Classification; College Bound Students; College Attendance; Federal Legislation; Achievement Gap; At Risk Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Homeless person; Homeless persons; Obdachloser; Schulleistung; Messdaten; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Graduate; Graduates; Absolvent; Absolventin; Unterkunft; Unterscheiden; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; College; Colleges; Attendance; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Anwesenheit; Bundesrecht
Abstract	How school districts measure homelessness among their students has implications for accountability and funding, as well as for supporting student success. Yet, measuring homelessness among high school students is challenging because students move in and out of experiencing it. Using administrative student-level data from a mid-sized public school district in the southern United States, we show that different commonly used procedures to measure which students are considered homeless can yield markedly different estimates of high school graduation rates for these students. This is largely because of differences in how districts classify students who experience homelessness but later become housed. To address the potentially negative effects of housing insecurity on academic achievement, it is important to first identify a common way to diagnose the problem. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01