Shifting Attendance Trajectories from Middle to High School: Influences of School Transitions and Changing School Contexts

Autor/inn/en	Benner, Aprile D.; Wang, Yijie
Titel	Shifting Attendance Trajectories from Middle to High School: Influences of School Transitions and Changing School Contexts
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 50 (2014) 4, S.1288-1301 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0035366
Schlagwörter	Attendance; Middle School Students; High School Students; Attendance Patterns; Learner Engagement; Adolescent Development; Educational Environment; Change; Longitudinal Studies; Institutional Characteristics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Anwesenheit; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Studentin; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Wandel; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung
Abstract	In the current study, we examine patterns of school attendance across middle and high school with a diverse sample of 8,908 students (48% female; 54% Latino, 31% White, 13% African American, 2% Asian American). Attendance declined from middle through high school, but this overall pattern masked important variations. In total, 44% of students maintained their attendance trajectories from middle to high school (11% stable high, 19% high-decreasing, 10% mid-decreasing, 4% low-decreasing), and shifting attendance trajectories often signaled greater school disengagement (38% shifted to poorer attendance trajectories, 18% experienced improved attendance trajectories). Transition experiences, school structural characteristics, and the divergence between students' middle and high schools provided insights into which students recovered, becoming more engaged in high school versus those who became more disconnected. Implications for identifying and intervening with disengaged youth are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01