Crossing the Line: Examination of Student Demographic Changes Concomitant with Declining Academic Performance in Elementary Schools

Autor/inn/en	Hochbein, Craig; Duke, Daniel
Titel	Crossing the Line: Examination of Student Demographic Changes Concomitant with Declining Academic Performance in Elementary Schools
Quelle	In: School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 22 (2011) 1, S.87-118 (32 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0924-3453
Schlagwörter	Elementary Schools; Academic Achievement; School Size; Educational Change; Student Characteristics; At Risk Students; Elementary School Students; Correlation; Disadvantaged Youth; Educational Quality; Grade 5; Language Arts; State Standards; Socioeconomic Influences; Disabilities; Limited English Speaking; Predictor Variables; Virginia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Schulleistung; Bildungsreform; Korrelation; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; Sprachkultur; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Handicap; Behinderung; Prädiktor
Abstract	The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between school decline and changes in school demographics. Using a population of 981 (N = 981) elementary schools, the authors identified samples of declining schools: Relational Decline (n = 510), Absolute Decline (n = 217), and Crossing the Line (n = 165). Latent growth models assessed longitudinal relationships between 4 demographic factors and school performance. Of the 4 tested predictors, only changes in the percentages of disadvantaged students maintained significant structural relationships with declining academic performance. Associations between school size on school performance varied depending on sample. Findings suggested that changes in school demographics challenge educators, but that internal school processes account for school decline. Future research might search for a school decline threshold, as well as common processes responsible for the phenomenon. Educators might design procedures so that no one school must face continuous or extensive increases in at-risk student populations. (Contains 7 tables and 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10