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Grant, Jim – American School Board Journal, 1997
Describes problems associated with student-promotion systems and practices and specifies the situations in which grade retention works best. Offers recommendations for rethinking the policy and practice of retention. (LMI)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Repetition, Low Achievement, School Policy
Stiles, Rebecca Jo – 1983
In order to identify factors which indicate a student would benefit educationally from retention, and to provide information and recommendations to educators, parents, and others involved in the decision to retain a child, this paper addresses the issue of retention in four major areas: the historical basis of retention, negative and positive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Annotated Bibliographies, Decision Making
