Outof this research has emerged a tendency to label whole groups of students as "at risk" when,in fact, many of them succeed. Rather than identifying achievement gaps, resilienceresearch offers the possibility of discovering why individuals succeed despite adversity.Focusing on alterable student behaviors and school-level features that are related toacademic resilience provides the additional benefit of identifying potential changes topolicies and practices that may promote academic resilience among more children placed atrisk