Reducing School Mobility A Randomized Trial of a Relationship-Building Intervention

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dc.citation.firstpage1188
dc.citation.issueNumber6
dc.citation.journalTitleAmerican Educational Research Journal
dc.citation.lastpage1218
dc.citation.volumeNumber50
dc.contributor.authorFiel, Jeremy E.
dc.contributor.authorHaskins, Anna R.
dc.contributor.authorTurley, Ruth N. Lopez
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-21T20:19:37Z
dc.date.available2014-01-21T20:19:37Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractStudent turnover has many negative consequences for students and schools, and the high mobility rates of disadvantaged students may exacerbate inequality. Scholars have advised schools to reduce mobility by building and improving relationships with and among families, but such efforts are rarely tested rigorously. A cluster-randomized field experiment in 52 predominantly Hispanic elementary schools in San Antonio, TX, and Phoenix, AZ, tested whether student mobility in early elementary school was reduced through Families and Schools Together (FAST), an intervention that builds social capital among families, children, and schools. FAST failed to reduce mobility overall but substantially reduced the mobility of Black students, who were especially likely to change schools. Improved relationships among families help explain this finding.
dc.identifier.citationFiel, Jeremy E., Haskins, Anna R. and Turley, Ruth N. Lopez. "Reducing School Mobility A Randomized Trial of a Relationship-Building Intervention." <i>American Educational Research Journal,</i> 50, no. 6 (2014) Sage: 1188-1218. http://dx.doi.org/10.3102/0002831213499962.
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.3102/0002831213499962
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/75345
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSage
dc.rightsThis is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by Sage.
dc.subject.keywordschool mobility
dc.subject.keywordsocial capital
dc.subject.keywordrace/ethnicity
dc.subject.keywordexperiment
dc.subject.keywordFAST
dc.titleReducing School Mobility A Randomized Trial of a Relationship-Building Intervention
dc.typeJournal article
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dc.type.publicationpost-print
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