ERIC Number: ED615026
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 18
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Using Longitudinal Student Mobility across Schools and Districts to Identify At-Risk Students. Research Brief. CALDER Policy Brief No. 25-0421
Goldhaber, Dan; Koedel, Cory; Ozek, Umut; Parsons, Eric
National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER)
We use comprehensive administrative data from three states to document the relationships between geographic mobility and student outcomes during K-12 schooling. We focus specifically on "nonstructural" mobility events--which we define as school or district changes that do not occur naturally as the result of planned transitions between schools--and on longitudinal measures that capture these events cumulatively for students. We show that the number of nonstructural moves experienced by a student is a powerful indicator of low academic performance and graduation rates. Longitudinal information on student mobility is unlikely to be readily available to local practitioners--i.e., individual districts, schools, or teachers. However, due to recent investments in longitudinal data systems in most states, this information can be made available at low cost by state education agencies.
Descriptors: Student Mobility, At Risk Students, Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Outcomes of Education, Academic Achievement, Graduation Rate, Longitudinal Studies, Public Schools
National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research. American Institutes for Research, 1000 Thomas Jefferson Street NW, Washington, DC 20007. Tel: 202-403-5796; Fax: 202-403-6783; e-mail: info@caldercenter.org; Web site: https://caldercenter.org
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER) at American Institutes for Research
Identifiers - Location: Massachusetts; Missouri; Washington
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