Light's Retention Scale Does Not Predict Success in First-Grade Retainees.

Sandoval, Jonathan

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Publication Date: 1982-Jul

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Light's Retention Scale Does Not Predict Success in First-Grade Retainees.

Sandoval, Jonathan

Psychology in the Schools, v19 n3 p310-14 Jul 1982

Used Light's Retention Scale totals, along with measures of achievement, and self-concept to predict academic, emotional, and social status at the end of the repeated first grade. Results suggest that Light's Retention Scale is neither reliable nor valid as a psychometric device. (Author/JAC)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Followup Studies, Grade 1, Grade Repetition, Predictive Validity, Psychometrics, Student Adjustment, Test Reliability, Test Validity

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