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Sustained Attention and Grade Retention

Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1994
Two studies are reported which explore the possible relationship between academic failure, as measured by grade retention, and the capacity to sustain attention on a computerized continuous performance task. In a nonreferred sample, 89 children who had been retained at some point in their academic careers showed a higher frequency of abnormal scores on
M, Gordon, B B, Mettelman, M, Irwin
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Grade Retention and Problem Behavior

American Educational Research Journal, 1994
This study explores the causal nature of the well established association between grade retention and later adolescent problem behaviors including delinquency, drug use, and dropout. It uses multiple regression to examine retention effects on theoretical variables which might link retention to problem behavior in a sample of mostly African-American ...
Denise C. Gottfredson, Carolyn M. Fink, Nanette Graham   +2 more
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Adjustment Correlates of Retention in Grade

Special Services in the Schools, 1985
One hundred seventy-nine first through fourth graders who had been retained were compared to 179 demographically-matched nonretained children on measures of school adjustment problems and competencies, and background identifying information. Retained compared to nonretained children were found to have more serious school adjustment problems and fewer ...
David M. Callahan, Emory L. Cowen
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDELINES FOR GRADE RETENTION

Journal of Reading, Writing, and Learning Disabilities International, 1986
The strategy of grade retention (requiring a student to repeat a school grade) began early in the 19th century; concern about its impact on a child's social and emotional development surfaced in the 1930s. Researchers have disagreed as to the efficacy of grade retention and attempts to pinpoint objective standards for making the retention‐or‐promotion ...
Jeanne S. Dennler, Jeanne B. Funk, Elizabeth S. Ruppert, Stephen G. Jurs   +3 more
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Predictors and Consequences of Grade Retention

Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2007
Data from a population-based repository in Manitoba showed that students who are male, young for grade, and in Grades 1, 2, 7, and 8 were the most likely to be retained. After controlling for key student factors including socioeconomic status, school changes, and key school characteristics including stability of the student body, retention was a strong
Anne Guèvremont, Noralou P. Roos, Marni Brownell   +2 more
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Grade retention: A current issue

Early Child Development and Care, 1993
Grade retention has attracted escalating interest in recent years as schools have become increasingly concerned with academic achievement, social and emotional well‐being, and yearly educational costs of students. While controversy and vacilation have characterized promotion policy throughout this century, little definitive research has existed to ...
Cynthia Dennis Biegler, Virginia P. Green   +1 more
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The Economics of Grade Retention

2001
Illustrated in this chapter is the importance of some basic economic issues associated with grade retention. First, when thinking about the effects of retention, one must go beyond considering just the direct benefit (or lack thereof) of retention and also consider the costs to the student and to the taxpayer of the policy.
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Test-Based Grade Retention

Educational Researcher, 2010
A growing body of research showing that grade retention serves as an educationally low-quality placement has raised increasing concerns about whether the use of standardized tests in making decisions concerning grade retention conforms to current standards for appropriate and nondiscriminatory test use.
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Effects of Counseling on Grades and Retention

Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 1997
ABSTRACT Demographics of a counseling center are presented. The grades and retention rates of students who received counseling were compared to students in the general student population. Information was obtained on the effects of various counseling services and mental health problems on grades and retention.
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Student Grade Retention Policies

2018
Student retention policies are found to have positive immediate effects although these tend to dissipate over time. There is still no consensus on the impact of retention on high school student achievement and graduation; though there is suggestive evidence that early-grade retention can be more effective than later-grade retention.
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