Foster youth stability: a study of California foster youths' school and residential changes in relation to educational outcomes
[This research report] represents the first time longitudinal data on foster youth education outcomes have been compared to other at-risk student populations. The study reveals the substantial challenges faced by foster youth and provides insight into factors affecting their academic performance over time, including multiple out-of-home placements and multiple school changes. The foster youth stability research examined the relationships among education risk factors, child welfare case characteristics, and residential and school changes in relation to academic performance over time. School per ... Show more
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Published: Encinitas, California, Institute for Evidence-Based Change, 2013
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Physical description: 47 p.
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https://web.archive.org/web/20160731145059/http://www.iebcnow.org/IEBCPublicFiles/iebc.public/67/67e52ff2-4b46-4afa-8133-ba223aa80c33.pdf
