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PDF pending restorationEvans, Dolores A. – 1996
The impact of mobility on academic achievement has been the focus of many studies. The findings are generally consistent and suggest that mobility lowers student achievement, particularly when the students are from low-income, less educated families. For this study, 30 students, classified as either mobile or stable, were randomly selected from a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades
Download full textWaters, Theresa Z. – 1996
A study examined the effect of geographic mobility on elementary school students' achievement. Although such mobility, which requires students to make multiple moves among schools, can have a negative impact on academic achievement, the hypothesis for the study was that it was not a determining factor in reading achievement test scores. Subjects…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing, Elementary School Students, Grade 4
