Using an individual panel data set to control for student fixed effects, we estimate the impact of charter schools on students in charter schools and in nearby traditional public schools. We find that students make considerably smaller achievement gains in charter schools than they would have in public schools. The large negative estimates of the…

This study examined the extent of student mobility in Alberta, Canada, its relationship to individual student achievement, and its effect on school performance on achievement tests, using data from Alberta Learning. A strong and clear relationship was found between number of school changes and performance on achievement tests in all courses and at…

This book explores the consequences of the abandonment of formal tracking systems in U.S. high schools, and how or whether this dramatic change provided students with the educational opportunity and mobility previously denied them. Drawing on nationally representative data and sophisticated methodologies, this book examines how the contemporary…

The international TEMPUS (Trans-European Co-operating and Mobility Scheme for Higher Education between Central/Eastern Europe and European Union) project lasted from 1995-1997. In the framework of TEMPUS, a material and knowledge background was developed in order to ensure the education of the branch Geological Engineering with specialization in…

Consensual qualitative research was used to examine school interventions that were perceived to help stabilize highly mobile schools and their families. This study focuses on the types of programs implemented as well as the effective program components that encouraged families to remain affiliated with a school. Five principals, 10 counselors, and…

This listing is a supplement to "A Study of Student Mobility in Texas Public Schools" (Texas Education Agency), a study that examined the magnitude of student mobility in Texas public schools by reporting how many students were moving, when and where they moved, and which students moved. The study clarified the relationships between…

This study explores the effects of residential mobility on the adaptation of college students. (Author)

The investigation is the result of a desire to ascertain the geographic-job mobility of and the relationship between graduates in electronics and drafting design. A number of relationships within and among the mobility factors were identified as well as between the mobility factors and job characteristics. (Author)

Students entering Kansas State University as freshmen in 1974 were tracked through nine consecutive semesters to learn about their graduation rate, migration between colleges of the university, retention patterns, and relationships among graduation and ACT scores and first semester grade point averages. Results are presented and discussed. (MSE)

Foster children face many obstacles to academic achievement. In addition to low educational achievement, they may have high rates of school mobility and experience long delays when transferring schools. Sources of these transfers and delays include numerous residential movements and lack of coordination between child welfare and school…

Describes the phenomenon of multiple-institution attendance, outlining the primary patterns of student behavior and discussing the implications of these patterns for higher education. Raises the issue of maintaining a proper balance between the integrity and coherence of academic programs and growing demand among consumers and policy makers for…

Examination of relationships between performance of inner-city British pupil cohorts (n=2,403, 1,479, 1,225) and their mobility among schools showed that academic performance of mobile students was substantially below the nonmobile. High mobility was strongly associated with social deprivation, family breakup, temporary housing, and…

A model of regional competition among universities in the United Kingdom is proposed, from which a number of indexes of relative competitiveness are derived. The model is applied to data from groups of neighboring universities and then extended to other aspects of higher education and the economy in general. (Author/MSE)

Examined changes in classroom membership for 1995-1996 as indicated by kindergarten teachers. Found that 26 percent of kindergarten classroom membership changed over the school year, with frequency increasing as schools were more urban, in higher poverty districts, or with higher student minority representation. Teachers in high-turnover…

The purpose of this investigation was to document the magnitude of the problem of retrieving school records of highly mobile foster youth residing in one of the largest counties in the nation. Results indicate that it took between 3 weeks to 8 months to track down records and that, for many youths, social workers and case files had inaccurate…