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Download full textColadarci, 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
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Direct linkColadarci, Theodore; Hancock, Julie – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2002
A review of the limited evidence regarding grade-span configuration effects on academic achievement and other outcomes indicates that achievement in middle grades is higher in schools with an elementary-wide configuration than a middle-grades configuration. Continuity of experience may explain this finding, but more research is needed to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Articulation (Education), Developmental Continuity, Early Adolescents
