Preparing Middle Grades Students for High School Success
A Comparative Study of Most- and Least-Improved Middle Grades Schools

Publication 2008 | Gene bottoms and Allison Timberlake63 pages(08V22)

In an era of rising college and workplace requirements, completing a quality high school education is more important than ever before. But students cannot be expected to excel in rigorous high school studies if they do not receive adequate preparation in the middle grades. Using the results from the 2004 and 2006 Middle Grades Assessments, this report compares school and classroom practices of improving and non-improving middle grades schools and identifies actions schools can take to prepare more students for success in high school and beyond.