First Grade and Forward : A Seven-Year Examination within the Baltimore City Public School System / Stephen B. Plank, Rachel E. Durham and Elizabeth Farley-Ripple.

This report describes a cohort of first-grade students from the Baltimore City Public School System (BCPSS). Specifically, we follow the 9,176 students who were first-graders in the district in 1999-00 for seven years. We learn much about patterns of promotion and retention, mobility within BCPSS, t...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Authors:	Plank, Stephen B., Durham, Rachel E. (Author), Farley-Ripple, Elizabeth (Author), Norman, Obed (Author)
Corporate Author:	Baltimore Education Research Consortium
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2008.
Subjects:	Urban Schools. Public Schools. Grade 1. Elementary School Students. Cohort Analysis. Longitudinal Studies. Student Promotion. Grade Repetition. Student Mobility. Transfer Students. Attendance. Academic Achievement. Outcomes of Education.