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

Education 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
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Grade Retention: Is it a Failed Practice?

Academy of Education and Social Sciences Review, 2021
This research study was conducted to explore the grade retention practices in private schools of Karachi. The study focused on the impact of grade retention and investigated its effectiveness in terms of its merits versus demerits. The context of the study was six private schools of Karachi and scorecards of the failed students from the selected ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Long-Term Effects of Social–Emotional Learning on Receipt of Special Education and Grade Retention: Evidence From a Randomized Trial of

AERA Open, 2019
Social–Emotional Learning (SEL) programs are school-based preventive interventions that aim to improve children’s social–emotional skills and behavioral development.
Meghan P. McCormick, Robin Neuhaus, E. Parham Horn, Erin E. O’Connor, Hope I. White, Samantha Harding, Elise Cappella, Sandee McClowry   +7 more
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The LUAA Gundeti Technique for Bilateral Robotic Ureteral Reimplantation: Lessons Learned over a Decade for Optimal (Resolution, Urinary Retention, and Perioperative Complications) Trifecta Outcomes

European Urology Open Science, 2023
Background: Ureteral reimplantation is the gold standard treatment for high-grade vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) in pediatric patients. Robot-assisted laparoscopic extravesical ureteral reimplantation (RALUR-EV) using the LUAA technique has emerged as a ...
Parviz Hajiyev, Matthew Sloan, Jared Fialkoff, Mohan S. Gundeti   +3 more
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Retention properties in displacement damaged ultra-fine grain tungsten exposed to divertor plasma

Nuclear Materials and Energy, 2019
One of the main advantages of using tungsten (W) as a plasma facing material (PFM) is its low uptake and retention of tritium. However, in high purity (ITER grade) W, hydrogenic retention increases significantly with neutron-induced displacement damage ...
J.L. Barton, D.A. Buchenauer, W.R. Wampler, D.L. Rudakov, Z.Z. Fang, C.J. Lasnier, J.A. Whaley, J.G. Watkins, E.A. Unterberg, R.D. Kolasinski, H.Y. Guo   +10 more
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The Combined Effect of Obesity and Contraceptive Use on Pulmonary Embolism in Adolescent Females Residing in the United States

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Combined oral contraceptive (COC) use in obese adult women dramatically increases the relative risk of developing a pulmonary embolism (PE). The risk of a PE in obese adolescent females taking contraceptives is currently unknown. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effect of body mass index (BMI) and contraceptive
John Puetz, Joanne Salas
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Teachers’ Beliefs About the Consequences of Grade Retention: Scale Validation and Differences Across Individual and School-Level Factors

Education Sciences
This study validates and adapts the Grade Retention Survey for Chilean fourth-grade school teachers, focusing on their beliefs about the consequences of grade retention.
Claudio Allende, Verónica López, Machteld Vandecandelaere   +2 more
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Feasibility and Safety of Somato‐Cognitive Coordination Therapy for Cerebellar Ataxia Following Pediatric Brain Tumor Treatment

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Cerebellar ataxia after pediatric brain tumor treatment can cause persistent gait, balance, and speech impairment, yet no established rehabilitation strategy exists. Somato‐cognitive coordination therapy (SCCT) is a virtual reality–guided intervention designed to promote sensorimotor integration through visually constrained reaching
Masanobu Takeuchi, Takashi Matsuzawa, Jun Yamanishi, Masahiro Yoshitomi, Junji Ikeda, Shin‐Ichi Tsujimoto, Yasuteru Yamaguchi, Norio Shiba, Dhroov Pathare, Ayumi Kato, Masahiko Hara   +10 more
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Grade repetition among learners with and without disabilities in two provinces of South Africa

African Journal of Disability
Background: It is critical that disability-disaggregated indicators of educational outcomes are developed and monitored in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) to demonstrate whether progress is being made towards educational equality.
Nicola Deghaye, Grace Leach
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Assessing the Impact of Reference Assistance and Library Instruction on Retention and Grades Using Student Tracking Technology

Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2018
Objective – To assess the impact of community college academic librarians upon student retention and grades through reference desk visits and attendance in library instruction classes.
Dennis Krieb
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