Hear how Monett
Middle School transitioned from traditional grading to standards - based grading through building capacity, collaboration, and perseverance.
West says that Florida's size and diversity allowed him to study the effects of
middle school transitions for students of all kinds in urban, suburban, and rural districts.
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RUSK MIDDLE SCHOOL TRANSITION SCHEDULE FOR RISING SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS DRMS 2018 - 19 Feeder School Transition Dates Parent Nights at Dean Rusk Middle School Feeder Schools Indian Knoll Elementary: Tuesday, March 6 at 6:30 pm Hickory Flat Elementary: Tuesday, March 13 at 6:30 pm Holly Springs Elementary: Tuesday, March 20 at 6:30 pm Mountain Road
Study Links Academic Setbacks to
Middle School Transition Education Week, November 28, 2011» «I don't see eliminating the transition at the high school level as important or beneficial as eliminating the transition at the middle school level,» said Martin R. West, an assistant education professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.»
Parental social coaching promotes adolescent peer acceptance across
the middle school transition.
Many of the factors that affect students during
the middle school transition are beyond parents» control.
By surveying students before and after
the middle school transition, researchers have found that tweens» attitudes toward school change noticeably after entering middle school.
Recognize that
the middle school transition is difficult and that your tween may show signs of less school engagement after the transition.
That suggests to me... that while there is a cost with school transitions in general,
the middle school transition is particularly tough.»
«We do find clear evidence of a drop in achievement to high school, but it is one - quarter the size of the drop we see with
the middle school transition,» he says.
The Coping Power program: Preventive intervention at
the middle school transition.