EJ538467
SP525781
Title: Children in Motion: School Transfers and Elementary School
Performance.Author(s): Alexander, Karl L.; And Others
Source: Journal of Educational Research, v90 n1 p3-12 Sep-Oct 1996
Publication Date: 1996
ISSN: 0022-0671
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJJUN1997
School transfers
were traced through the first five years of elementary school for
767 Baltimore (Maryland) children. Data on transfers, grade level
progression, special education placements, achievement, family circumstances,
and race indicated that school transfers were frequent, and patterned
along racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic lines. Findings indicated
that low income, minority children are challenged academically for
many reasons. (SM)
Descriptors: *Academic Achievement; Elementary Education; Elementary
School Students; Longitudinal Studies; Minority Group Children;
Public Schools; Racial Factors; Socioeconomic Influences; *Student
Mobility; *Transfer Students; Urban Schools
Identifiers: *Baltimore City Public Schools MD
