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Imberman, Scott; Kugler, Adriana D.; Sacerdote, Bruce – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2009
In 2005, hurricanes Katrina and Rita forced many children to relocate across the Southeast. While schools quickly enrolled evacuees, receiving families worried about the impact of evacuees on non-evacuee students. Data from Houston and Louisiana show that, on average, the influx of evacuees moderately reduced elementary math test scores in…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Weather, Population Distribution, Peer Influence
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Engec, Necati – Journal of Educational Research, 2006
The authors investigated the relationship between student mobility and student performance and behavior. The authors used criterion-referenced test (CRT) and norm-referenced test (NRT) data indexes from the 1998-1999 school year. Results showed that as the mobility of students increased within the school year, their test performance on the CRT and…
Descriptors: Student Mobility, Student Behavior, Academic Achievement, Criterion Referenced Tests