Elementary Grade Retention: Making the Decision.

Bucko, Richard L.

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ERIC Number: EJ343812

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1986

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Elementary Grade Retention: Making the Decision.

Bucko, Richard L.

Spectrum, v4 n4 p9-13 Fall 1986

Reviews historic approaches to grade retention, what research does and does not show about retention, and some factors to weigh when considering retention. Focuses on models developed by H. Wayne Light and Laurence Lieberman. Includes a sample elementary school promotion policy and a sample retention referral form. (IW)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Decision Making, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Grade Repetition, Minimum Competency Testing, Models, School Holding Power, School Policy, Student Characteristics, Student Needs, Student Promotion

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Information Analyses

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Audience: Administrators; Researchers; Practitioners

Language: English

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