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Peer reviewedFoster, Janet E. – Childhood Education, 1993
Discusses the practice of retaining children in grade, and presents evidence against the procedure. Posits that failing children only increases the likelihood that they will perform poorly in school, develop poor self-concepts, and eventually drop out of school. Retention also disproportionately affects poor and minority children, males, and…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Children, Dropouts, Educational Policy
