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Direct linkWest, Martin; Schwerdt, Guido – Education Next, 2012
Policymakers nationwide continue to wrestle with a basic question: At what grade level should students move to a new school? In the most common grade configuration in American school districts, public school students make two school transitions, entering a middle school in grade 6 or 7 and a high school in grade 9. This pattern reflects the…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Academic Achievement, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
