Journal article

Measuring middle school achievement trajectories for college readiness

2021

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Educational Policy https://doi.org/10.1177/08959048211006833

By: Angela Johnson, Megan Kuhfeld, Greg King

Abstract

This study identifies studentsā€™ academic trajectories in the middle grades relative to a set of college readiness benchmarks. We apply math and reading college readiness benchmarks to rich longitudinal data for more than 360,000 students across the nation. Student-level and school-level demographic characteristics significantly predict academic trajectories. Compared to White and Asian students, higher proportions of Black and Hispanic student are always off-track throughout middle school. Among students who started 6th grade on track, being male, Black, Hispanic, and attending schools with a higher percentage of low-income students are positively associated with falling off track.

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