Students in foster care change schools far more often than other students, with many moving multiple times within a school year¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2022 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2027: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q2 i? In 2018–19, 34% of California students in foster care moved schools during the school year versus 5% of non-foster students, and 13% moved more than once. → Burns 2022 q2 i? Over four school years, 71% of students in foster care changed schools during the school year at least once, and 22% had four or more such moves, compared to less than 1% of other students. → Burns 2022 (2)

Evidence¶

Burns 2022¶

Burns, D., Espinoza, D., Adams, J., & Ondrasek, N. (2022). California students in foster care: Challenges and promising practices. Learning Policy Institute. https://doi.org/10.54300/118.471

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Descriptive analysis of California Department of Education enrollment records for 2018–19, counting school moves between September 1 and June 1. The report found "students in foster care were more likely to change schools than other students, and many moved multiple times" (34% vs. 5%; 13% moved more than once).

"Within the 2018–19 school year, students in foster care were more likely to change schools than other students, and many moved multiple times."

Burns 2022 (2)¶

Burns, D., Espinoza, D., Adams, J., & Ondrasek, N. (2022). California students in foster care: Challenges and promising practices. Learning Policy Institute. https://doi.org/10.54300/118.471

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Four-year descriptive mobility analysis (2015–16 to 2018–19) of enrollment records counting in-school-year moves. The report states "71% of students in foster care in 2018–19 changed schools during the school year in at least 1 of those 4 years, compared to 15% among all other students."

"Seventy-one percent of students in foster care in 2018–19 changed schools during the school year in at least 1 of those 4 years, compared to 15% among all other students."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Each within-year school move is associated with lower CAASPP achievement among students in foster care — related
• School stability for students in foster care improved from 62 percent to 66 percent but remained far below the roughly 90 percent rate of other groups — related