Making the Move: Transition Strategies at California Schools with High Graduation Rates

Autor/inn/en	Parrish, Tom; Poland, Lindsay; Arellanes, Melissa; Ernandes, Jessica; Viloria, Jason
Institution	California Comprehensive Center at WestEd; American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Titel	Making the Move: Transition Strategies at California Schools with High Graduation Rates
Quelle	(2011), (29 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	High Schools; Graduation Rate; School Effectiveness; Transitional Programs; Student Adjustment; High School Students; Middle School Students; Educational Strategies; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; Oberschule; Schuleffizienz; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; High schools; Middle school; Middle schools; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Lehrstrategie; Kalifornien
Abstract	Education practitioners and policymakers grapple with ways to ensure that students are adequately prepared for college and careers. An important step is ensuring that students graduate from high school. A number of studies indicate that programs and strategies designed to assist middle grades students' transition to high school can contribute toward graduation. To better understand the factors that make such transition programs successful, the American Institutes for Research (AIR), as a partner in the California Comprehensive Center (CA CC) at WestEd, worked with the California Department of Education (CDE) K-12 Innovation and Improvement Office (formerly the Middle Grades Improvement Office) to identify and gather information from schools with high graduation rates. Using publicly available data, the authors identified high schools with graduation rates that were substantially higher than statistically predicted given certain characteristics of their student population (such as the percentage of low-income students). The authors selected nine of these schools, seeking variation in factors such as urbanicity, district type, and size. They then conducted screening interviews with the principals of the nine high schools, and with nine administrators from the high schools' respective districts, to learn about the strategies the schools implemented and the challenges the schools faced in achieving high graduation rates and in helping middle grades students transition to high school. Based on these interviews, the authors selected four high schools, along with their predominant middle grades feeder school, to visit, where the authors conducted interviews and focus groups with staff and students. States and county offices of education could encourage collaboration within and across schools, facilitating and encouraging teachers and administrators to form communities of practice to examine data, share information about members' strengths and challenges, and learn from one another. [Additional support for this research was provided by the School Services of California.] (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	California Comprehensive Center at WestEd. 1000 G Street Suite 500, Sacramento, CA 95814. Tel: 916-492-4053; e-mail: info@cacompcenter.org; Web site: http://cacompcenter.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01