Rural students start kindergarten slightly ahead of nonrural students but fall behind by middle school¶
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q3 i? Rural students begin kindergarten slightly ahead of nonrural students in achievement, but their advantage reverses and they fall behind by middle school. → Angela Johnson 2021
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Angela Johnson 2021¶
Angela Johnson, Megan Kuhfeld, James Soland. (2021). The forgotten 20 percent: Achievement and growth in rural schools across the nation. AERA Open. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/the-forgotten-20-percent-achievement-and-growth-in-rural-schools-across-the-nation/
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Large-scale observational analysis of fall and spring achievement data for 840,000 students in 8,800 public schools, K through grade 8, comparing rural and nonrural schools. The study reports that "Rural students start kindergarten slightly ahead of nonrural students but fall behind by middle school."
"Rural students start kindergarten slightly ahead of nonrural students but fall behind by middle school."
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Related Claims¶
- The rural–nonrural achievement divergence is driven by larger summer losses for rural students — related
- Black–White achievement gaps widen during the school year in both rural and nonrural schools — related
- Kindergarten test scores show patterns that can predict academic success or identify students at risk of falling further behind by third grade — related
- Rural students' math and reading achievement can be characterized nationally using data from over 2,300 rural schools — a broader claim this one bears on
- Rural students are characterized as a substantially sized but overlooked group, comprising about 20 percent of the national student population — related
- Kindergarten test scores from more than 400,000 U.S. students contain patterns that can predict academic success or identify students at risk of falling further behind by third grade — related
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Rural students start kindergarten slightly ahead of nonrural students but fall behind by middle school |
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Rural students start kindergarten slightly ahead of nonrural students but fall behind by middle school |
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