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Peer reviewedLenarduzzi, Grant P.; McLaughlin, T. F. – Reading Improvement, 1990
Examines the effects of nonpromotion on achievement and effort of junior high school students. Finds that students who were retained improved significantly with respect to academic achievement and effort when compared to students who had been considered for retention but had been promoted. (KEH)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, Grade 7, Grade 8
Peer reviewedBergan, John R.; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1991
Effects of a measurement and planning system on the cognitive development, promotion, and referral to special education of 838 public school kindergartners were studied. The 428-member experimental group, whose 29 teachers implemented the system, had higher posttest scores in reading, mathematics, and science than did the 410-member control group.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment, Instructional Effectiveness
PDF pending restorationNottelmann, Editha D. – 1982
In order to clarify the complicated relationship between the onset of puberty and the transition from elementary to junior high school, a controlled study was designed that compared the transition of grade 5 elementary school students to grade 6 in an elementary school with the transition of grade 6 elementary school students to grade 7 in a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Competence
