Sentences with phrase «about grade retention»

School Progression and the Grade Distribution of Students: Evidence from the Current Population Survey Education researchers have long made inferences about grade retention from the grade

New research from Harvard Graduate School of Education professor Martin West tells a nuanced and evidence - based story about grade retention, finding that — contrary to critics» fears — repeating third grade does not reduce students» chances of completing high school.

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This may be because schools make judgments about retention and referrals based on a student's relative achievement within a grade, and by virtue of their age, older students are less likely to have very low achievement.

«My study is an argument about how a very expensive policy, grade retention, may actually undermine our shared goals of ensuring even child gets a quality education,» she replied.

Educators in these schools challenge conventional thinking about student grades, standards and testing, the curriculum development process, leadership, school climate, student promotion and retention, classroom management, and parent involvement.