United States students can go toe to toe with their counterparts in the other developed nations until they get to sixth grade. Once students are in middle school, their scores start to slip and by the time students are in high school, U.S. students perform near the bottom in math, science, reading and other academic measurements.
How can we keep students on a path to success?
SUCCESS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL is a turnkey program to help students and teachers understand how to prepare for a successful transition to middle school and, later, high school.
“We should be looking all the way back. If we want kids to be at a certain level in Grade 12 or 11, where do we need them to be in middle school or elementary school?” asks John Easton, executive director of the Consortium on Chicago School Research.
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“I like the tone of the book as it is directed to incoming middle school students and it gives them some ideas of what to do in middle school and how they need to change.”
—Judy Bowers, PhD., Former ASCA president, reviewer for Success in Middle School: A Transition Road Map.