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Publication Date: 1994
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Predictors of Early Grade Retention among Children in the United States.
Byrd, Robert S.; Weitzman, Michael L.
Pediatrics, v93 n3 p481-87 Mar 1994
Examined health and social factors associated with early grade retention. Factors found to be independently associated with increased risk of grade retention were: (1) poverty, (2) male gender, (3) low maternal education, (4) deafness, (5) speech defects, (6) low birth weight, (7) enuresis, and (8) exposure to household smoking. (HTH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, At Risk Persons, Birth Weight, Child Health, Deafness, Educational Attainment, Grade 1, Grade Repetition, Health Conditions, Kindergarten, Males, Mothers, Poverty, Predictor Variables, Primary Education, Racial Factors, Smoking, Socioeconomic Influences, Speech Impairments
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Language: English
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