What Doesn't Work: Explaining Policies of Retention in the Early Grades

Abstract

Retention - keeping children back - is not good for them. It is bad for academic achievement and for social adjustment. A review of research.

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Smith, M. L., & Shepard, L. A. (1988). What Doesn’t Work: Explaining Policies of Retention in the Early Grades. Set: Research Information for Teachers, 2. https://doi.org/10.18296/set.1118
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