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Ending social promotion without leaving children behind : the case of New York City /

Many states and school districts are implementing test-based requirements for promotion at key transitional points in students' schooling careers, thus ending the practice of "social promotion"--Promoting students who have failed to meet academic standards and requirements for that gr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McCombs, Jennifer Sloan, 1970-
Otros Autores: Kirby, Sheila Nataraj, 1946-, Mariano, Louis T.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2010.
Colección:Rand Corporation monograph series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Sheila Nataraj Kirby, Jennifer Sloan McCombs, and Louis T. Mariano
  • What we know about the effects of grade retention and implementation of promotion policies / Nailing Xia and Sheila Nataraj Kirby
  • Context and conceptual framework for understanding New York City's promotion policy / Jennifer Sloan McCombs [and others]
  • Data and methods / Shelia Nataraj Kirby, Louis T. Mariano, and Jennifer Sloan McCombs
  • School-provided support for students: academic intervention services / Jennifer Sloan McCombs [and others]
  • Implementation of the policy: Saturday and summer schools / Gina Schuyler Ikemoto [and others]
  • Performance of 5th graders in New York City and overall performance trends in New York state / Sheila Nataraj Kirby [and others]
  • Measuring the effect of supportive interventions on proximal-year student achievement / Louis T. Mariano [and others]
  • Future outcomes of students at risk of retention / Louis T. Mariano, Sheila Nataraj Kirby, and Al Crego
  • The impact of New York City's promotion policy on students' socioemotional status / Vi-Nhuan Le, Louis T. Mariano, and Al Crego
  • Conclusions and policy implications / Sheila Nataraj Kirby, Jennifer Sloan McCombs, and Louis T. Mariano
  • Appendixes: A. Technical appendix for achievement models
  • B. Supporting data for chapter five
  • C. Supporting data for chapter seven
  • D. Supporting data for chapter ten
  • E. Data and analyses for 3rd-grade cohorts.