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The (Limited) Evidence Regarding Effects of Grade-Span Configurations on Academic Achievement: What Rural Educators Should Know. ERIC Digest.
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Coladarci, Theodore; Hancock, Julie – 2002
Grade-span configuration refers to the range of grades within a school. Grade span is an important issue to various factions in public education, including advocates of middle schools and rural educators concerned with the association between grade fragmentation and school consolidation. This digest focuses on research that has examined the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Developmental Continuity, Educational Environment, Educational Research