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ERIC Number: EJ661673
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-8756-0534
Grade-Span Configuration.
Coladarci, Theodore; Hancock, Julie
Journal of Research in Rural Education, v17 n3 p189-92 Win 2002
A review of the limited evidence regarding grade-span configuration effects on academic achievement and other outcomes indicates that achievement in middle grades is higher in schools with an elementary-wide configuration than a middle-grades configuration. Continuity of experience may explain this finding, but more research is needed to disentangle grade span from its corollaries. (TD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Articulation (Education), Developmental Continuity, Early Adolescents, Educational Environment, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Span Configuration, Middle Schools, Research Needs, Socioeconomic Influences
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Note: Revised version of ERIC digest EDO-RC-02-2.