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Download full textMcCaslin, Mary; Burross, Heidi Legg; Good, Thomas L. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2005
In this article we examine student performance on mandated tests in grades 3, 4, and 5 in one state. We focus on this interval, which w e term "the fourth grade window," based on our hypothesis that students in grade four are particularly vulnerable to decrements in achievement. The national focus on the third grade as the critical…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Intervals, Poverty, Academic Achievement
