School Enrollment Changes and Student Achievement Growth: A Case Study in Educational Disruption and Continuity

Sociology of Education

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 388-404

  Grigg, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

elementary school students; longitudinal data; school transitions; student achievement; student mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866767132     PISSN: 00380407     EISSN: 19398573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038040712441374     Document Type: Article

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