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Peer reviewedBuntaine, Roberta L.; Costenbader, Virginia K. – Psychology in the Schools, 1997
Investigates the academic effectiveness of a prekindergarten program in a suburban, predominantly Caucasian upper middle class school system. Matched children who spent an extra year in prekindergarten with youngsters who proceeded directly to regular kindergarten. Using achievement test scores and other measures, found no significant differences…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, High Risk Students
Levy, Bob – 1989
Certain conclusions can be drawn from the fact that both entering school late and being retained in grade have negative effects on children. Children should start school as soon as they are eligible. Retention should be avoided whenever possible. The best alternative to retention in grade seems to be promotion in combination with individual…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Educational Practices, Grade Repetition, Guidelines
Download full textFrazer, Linda H. – 1987
Evaluations of two Austin (Texas) Independent School District (AISD) programs are contained in this report: (1) The School-Community Guidance Center (SCGC); and (2) The Transitional Academic Program (TAP). SCGC is a program serving incorrigible and delinquent students at two locations: the F. R. Rice Secondary School and the Travis County Juvenile…
Descriptors: Attendance, Delinquency, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
PDF pending restorationCarlson, Roger D. – 1986
The effects of kindergarten-grade 1 transitional classrooms in Eugene (Oregon) compared with retention or promotion of students to grade 1 were studied in an evaluation of two transitional classrooms. Focus was on determining the effects of retention, transition, and promotion on student achievement and social skills. Students entering a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Followup Studies, Grade Repetition
Ferguson, Phil – 1996
This 10-year study compared the achievement of 3 samples of students designated at-risk for school failure and 1 sample deemed not at risk, and followed a transitional first-grade school readiness program (SRP) population from prekindergarten through eighth grade to identify contextual factors associated with student progress. At-risk samples were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Comparative Analysis, Grade Repetition
Aspen Systems Corp., Rockville, MD. – 1998
Intended to enable parents to support and advocate for their children during transitions, this guide contains training activities and hands-on action tools to help parents and staff work in partnership as children transition into and out of Early Head Start, Head Start, child care settings, and elementary schools. The guide is divided into three…
Descriptors: Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Family Involvement, High Risk Students
Baenen, Nancy R.; Hopkins, Patricia – 1989
Two alternatives to retention in grade for secondary school students were evaluated in Austin (Texas). Both were designed to allow students who are potential retainees (PRs) to receive remediation in one semester. The Transitional Academic Program (TAP) allows PRs to enroll in ninth-grade courses while repeating eighth-grade courses they had…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Repetition
San Diego County Office of Education, CA. – 1991
This information packet contains nine articles that outline current trends in kindergarten retention/exclusion and their negative impact on student outcomes, particularly for high risk students. The 1980s saw increasing numbers of children required to repeat kindergarten, attend a transitional grade before first grade, or wait an extra year before…
Descriptors: Grade Repetition, High Risk Students, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children
Busta, Colleen – 1990
The purpose of this study was to survey the affective and cognitive progress of three classes of pre-first grade transitional students. An introduction discusses the issue of social promotion, or the promotion of a student regardless of the student's degree of mastery of the previous level, as opposed to grade retention. In an extensive literature…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Elementary School Students, Grade Repetition
