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Umut Özek; Louis T. Mariano – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2023
For many years, the conventional wisdom in the field was that grade retention was a bad idea. A 1997 opinion piece in "Education Week" titled "Grade retention doesn't work" reflected the prevailing sentiment in the education community and the available research evidence at that time: retained students performed worse than their…
Descriptors: Grade Repetition, Program Effectiveness, Cost Effectiveness, Student Needs
Kennelly, Louise; Monrad, Maggie – American Institutes for Research, 2007
This report, produced by the National High School Center at the American Institutes for Research, outlines steps that schools can take to identify at-risk students and provide the necessary support systems and relevant interventions to assist students in obtaining a high school diploma. Further, the report discusses the use of early warning data…
Descriptors: High School Students, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts, High Risk Students