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The relevance of the school socioeconomic composition and school proportion of repeaters on grade repetition in Brazil: a multilevel logistic model of PISA 2012

open access: yesLarge-scale Assessments in Education, 2017
The paper extends the literature on grade repetition in Brazil by (a) describing and synthesizing the main research findings and contributions since 1940, (b) enlarging the understanding of the inequity mechanism in education, and (c) providing new ...
Maria Eugénia Ferrão   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Teacher beliefs about grade repetition: An exploratory South African study [PDF]

open access: yesCitizenship Teaching and Learning, 2018
Abstract Inclusive education is described as an ‘apprenticeship in democracy’ as it is concerned with the identification and dismantling of exclusionary practices in schools. One such practice is grade repetition, which is known to result in school disaffection and early school leaving.
Elizabeth Walton
exaly   +2 more sources

Grade repetition, school drop-out and ineffective school policy

open access: yesEDUCATIO: Journal of Education
This paper investigates the extent of underperformance, grade repetition and drop-out rates in selected underperforming schools in Amathole West District, Eastern Cape.
Amiena Bayat   +2 more
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The role of grade repetition and academic achievement in early school dropout

open access: yesINFAD, 2019
Given the serious negative consequences of dropping out of school for both the individual and society, researchers have tried to identify the factors that predict students’ drop out, in the hope of developing interventions that improve risky processes ...
Lucía Roldán Prego   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

A signal of (Train)ability? Grade repetition and hiring chances [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020
Abstract This article contributes to the nascent literature on the effect of grade retention in school on later labor market success. A field experiment is conducted to rule out the endogeneity of both outcomes. More concretely, various treatments of grade retention are randomly assigned to fictitious resumes sent in application to real vacancies ...
Stijn Baert, Matteo Picchio
openaire   +4 more sources

Mathematical Representation Ability and Student Confidence through Auditory Intellectually Repetition

open access: yesHipotenusa, 2021
The purpose of this study is to determine the difference in the ability of mathematical representation of students students' confidence who use the auditory intellectually repetition learning model with students who use the usual learning model.
Nia Jusniani, Eka Firmansyah
doaj   +1 more source

Achievement at whose expense? A literature review of test-based grade retention policies in U.S. school

open access: yesEducation Policy Analysis Archives, 2014
The author uses Maxwell’s method of literature reviews for educational research to focus on literature relevant to test-based grade retention policies to make the following argument: although some studies have documented average gains in academic ...
Andrew Prescott Huddleston
doaj   +1 more source

Restructuring and Re-culturing the Secondary Schooling Sector to Accommodate Multi-Grade Teaching and Learning [PDF]

open access: yesE-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
This paper interrogates why grade repetition is allowed to be a normality in public secondary schools. The paper was motivated by diverse discourses, some of which regard grade repetition to be the product of the absence of restructuring and re-culturing
Ngwako Solomon Modiba
doaj   +1 more source

Beliefs on assessment and grade repetition among teachers in Portugal

open access: yesRevista Meta: Avaliação, 2021
The present research aims to understand which conceptions and beliefs Portuguese teachers have about assessment in compulsory school, and whether if their beliefs are in line with the guidelines on national education policy. Moreover, it aims to understand why Portuguese teachers use grade repetition as a common resource when it is not scientifically ...
Gabriel Cipriano, Susana Da Cruz Martins
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