On the success of failure : a reassessment of the effects of retention in the primary grades /

"On the Success of Failure addresses whether repeating a grade is helpful or harmful when children are not keeping up. It describes the school context of retention and evaluates its consequences by tracking the experiences of a large, representative sample of Baltimore schoolchildren from first...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Alexander, Karl L.
Otros Autores: Entwisle, Doris R., Dauber, Susan L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Edición:2nd ed.
Temas:
Grade repetition > United States.
Education, Primary > United States.
Redoublement de classes > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
Education, Primary
Grade repetition
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Grade Retention: Lingering Questions
  • 2. Research on Grade Repetition: Strong Opinions, Weak Evidence
  • 3. Retainees in the "Beginning School Study"
  • 4. Children's Pathways through the Elementary and Middle School Years: Retention+
  • 5. Characteristics and Competencies of Repeaters: Who Is Held Back?
  • 6. Achievement Scores before and after Retention
  • 7. Adjusted Achievement Comparisons: The Need for Controlled Comparisons and the Multiple-Regression Approach
  • 8. Academic Performance as Judged by Teachers: Report Card Marks before and after Retention
  • 9. Stigma of Retention
  • 10. Retention in the Broader Context of Elementary and Middle School Tracking
  • 11. Dropout in Relation to Grade Retention
  • 12. Retention Puzzle: Problem, Solution, or Signal?

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