... Scoty Reifsnyder Transitioning from elementary school to middle school can be tough. Assistant Professor Martin West ... in "The Middle School Plunge," published in the spring 2012 issue of Education Next . Additionally, Florida students ... there were still K–8 schools. In 1970–71, there were 2,100 middle schools. By the 1998–99 school year, there ...
... of Munich’s Ifo Institute, students who attend middle schools are at risk of dropping out of high school As compared to students in K-8 elementary schools, ... at www.educationnext.org and will appear in the Spring, 2012 issue of Education Next . Data on state math and reading ...