Publication Date
In 2025 | 0 |
Since 2024 | 0 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 1 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 2 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 8 |
Descriptor
Source
Educational Leadership | 1 |
Journal of At-Risk Issues | 1 |
Leadership | 1 |
Middle Grades Research Journal | 1 |
National High School Center | 1 |
National Middle School… | 1 |
Principal Leadership | 1 |
ProQuest LLC | 1 |
Author
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 5 |
Reports - Descriptive | 5 |
Reports - Research | 2 |
Collected Works - Serial | 1 |
Dissertations/Theses -… | 1 |
Tests/Questionnaires | 1 |
Education Level
Middle Schools | 8 |
High Schools | 7 |
Junior High Schools | 4 |
Grade 9 | 3 |
Secondary Education | 3 |
Elementary Education | 1 |
Elementary Secondary Education | 1 |
Grade 5 | 1 |
Grade 6 | 1 |
Grade 8 | 1 |
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Joseph E. Doucette – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Ninth grade students who attend Boundary High School (BHS) encounter a host of academic, social and emotional challenges commonly associated with the transition from middle school to high school. To the extent BHS ninth grade students navigate these challenges during this vulnerable time in their educational journey determines their overall…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Early Adolescents, Grade 9, Program Effectiveness
DeLamar, Shawna; Brown, Casey Graham – Journal of At-Risk Issues, 2016
This study examines the issues surrounding middle school students' transitions to high school and the degree to which freshman orientation models can help them. The attendance, discipline, report card grades, and end-of-course exams of 60 students who participated in a freshman orientation were compared to those of 150 students who were invited to…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Middle School Students, High School Students, Transitional Programs
Ellerbrock, Cheryl R.; Denmon, Jennifer; Owens, Ruchelle; Lindstrom, Krista – Middle Grades Research Journal, 2015
This yearlong qualitative multisite case study investigated ways middle and high school transition supports foster a developmentally responsive transition for students. A total of 23 participants engaged in this study, including 4 students, 4 middle school teachers, 13 high school teachers, 1 middle school principal, and 1 high school principal.…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Middle School Students, Qualitative Research
Dorman, Benton – Leadership, 2012
Transition plans for students with special needs provide support for social and academic success while giving students an accurate picture of what to expect in high school. The Texas Comprehensive Center recommends that schools develop a comprehensive transition plan district-wide. This district plan must include the cooperation of staff from the…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Academic Achievement, Special Needs Students, Comprehensive Guidance
George, Marshall A.; Breslin, Mary Claire; Evans, William – Principal Leadership, 2007
Although the transition from elementary school to middle school can be an exciting time for students, it can also be vexing and traumatic. Often, when parents drop off their children at middle school on the first day of school, the scene is reminiscent of the first day of school for kindergarteners and their parents. At Albert Leonard Middle…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers, School Orientation
Herlihy, Corinne – National High School Center, 2007
This best practices piece is based on key research into high school transition strategies. It draws on two studies of high school reform models conducted by MDRC, a nonpartisan, nonprofit research organization, which shed light on promising strategies to support ninth-grade students. Increasing the capacity of high schools to provide extra help…
Descriptors: High Schools, School Restructuring, Transitional Programs, Student Adjustment
Summers, Al; Moehnke, Larry – National Middle School Association (NJ1), 2006
As our society becomes more mobile, smooth and rewarding student transitions become more important. This article describes a partnership between U. S. Army Child and Youth Services and the Military Child Education Coalition that helps schools ease transitions for thousands of students. The program is based on the principle that transition does not…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Middle Schools, High Schools, Military Personnel
Cushman, Kathleen – Educational Leadership, 2006
New 9th graders reflect on the worries they had as middle school students about moving into high school. They also suggest ways of easing the transition and providing support in 9th grade. Teens want teachers to connect middle school students regularly with high school students, give them more responsibility in middle school, and focus on…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Middle School Students, High Schools, Transitional Programs