Middle Grades Longitudinal Study of 2017-18 (MGLS:2017)
MGLS:2017 was designed to investigate and better understand the support systems students need for academic success, high school readiness, and positive life development. Between January and July 2018, the study recruited a cohort of over 13,000 6th graders aged between 11 and 13 years from 570 schools across the United States of America. Participants completed the baseline data collection sweep in 2018 and were followed up in 2020. Parents and teachers of participants also served as informants.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
13,300 (participants)
Age at first data collection
11 - 13 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
2004 - 2007 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
6th grade students in public and private schools in the United states of America.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2018
Primary Institutions
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – phone
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Self-report questionnaire – online
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
