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¶
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q2 i? The percentage of students in foster care attending only one school per year rose from 62 percent in 2016–17 to 66 percent in 2022–23, while other groups remained at about 90 percent. → Ximenes Barrat 2025
Evidence¶
Ximenes Barrat 2025¶
Ximenes Barrat, V., Diercks, C., Berliner, B., Derby, K., Chen Gaddini, M., & Pivnick, L. (2025). Revisiting California's invisible achievement gap: Trends in education outcomes of students in foster care in the context of the local control funding formula. WestEd. https://www.wested.org/resource/revisiting-californias-invisible-achievement-gap/
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Analysis of CDE CALPADS data, 2017–18 through 2022–23, on the percentage of students attending just one school each year. The report notes roughly one in three students in foster care attended two or more schools in the same year, with cited consequences of learning loss and interpersonal instability.
"The stability rate for students in foster care remained largely lower than for other students despite some mild improvement from 62 percent in 2016–17 to 66 percent in 2022–23, leaving roughly one in three students in foster care attending two or more schools"
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Related Claims¶
- Academic achievement of students in foster care improved before the pandemic but lost all gains afterward, with only 19 percent meeting ELA standards in 2022–23 — related
- Students in foster care were consistently more likely than other high-need groups to attend a low-performing school — related
- Arizona students in foster care changed schools during the school year at about four times the rate of other students — related
- Students in foster care were consistently about three times more likely to be suspended than all other student groups, with rates reverting to pre-pandemic levels by 2022–23 — related
- Students in foster care change schools far more often than other students, with many moving multiple times within a school year — related
- Evidence on preschool attendance by young children in foster care is largely unexamined, with one cited source reporting six percent of foster children under age six attend Head Start — related
- Research confirms school stability helps students in foster care, while school placement changes from home placement changes are a powerful risk factor for poor outcomes — related
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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 |
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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 |
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