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Khattri, Nidhi; Riley, Kevin W.; Kane, Michael B. – 1997
In an effort to help shape a research agenda for rural education, this document reviews the research on rural education and at-risk students to determine the relative influence on student outcomes of poverty and community location. Sections of this review address: methodological considerations (definitions of "rural" and "at-risk," inadequate…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, High Risk Students
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Khattri, Nidhi; Riley, Kevin W.; Kane, Michael B. – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 1997
Review of recent educational research compares academic outcomes of poor rural students and poor urban students and explores rural community characteristics and rural school characteristics that may affect students' opportunity to learn. Information specifically on poor rural students, schools, and communities is sketchy, unfocused, and not…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Characteristics, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education