Evidence for Moving to K-8 Model Not Airtight
When the mayor and public school officials in the District of Columbia unveiled plans last month for converting Washington’s middle and elementary schools to a pre-K-8 model, system leaders seemed confident the change would be good for students.
After all, the school system has plenty of company. Since the late 1990s, districts in a growing number of cities, including Baltimore, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, and New York, have taken steps to move middle-grades students back into elementary schools.
But research emerging from that recent wave of K-8 conversions, as well as other new studies, suggests that determining once and for all what kind of grade configurations are best for students is still a...
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Correction:
An earlier version of this article incorrectly described research by Philip J. Cook and colleagues as involving comparisons of 6th graders' behavior in middle schools and that of 6th graders attending K-8 schools.
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