The academic impact of the transition from
elementary to middle school has significant consequences for many early
adolescents.
This study examines academic growth across the
transition, as well as sociodemographic moderators.
Rather than defining
the
transition effect as a decline in student
achievement between fifth and sixth grade, these data demonstrate the
transition
effect as an interruption in students’ growth in
achievement during this interval. Results confirm larger interruptions
for
vulnerable students (e.g., low income, special
education) despite closing the gap effect over the third- to
eighth-grade interval.
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