Sentences with phrase «grade retention findings»

Michigan Great Start Readiness Program evaluation 2012: High school graduation and grade retention findings.

Not exact matches

North Carolina's investment in early child care and education programs resulted in higher test scores, less grade retention and fewer special education placements through fifth grade, research from the Duke Center for Child and Family Policy finds.

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.

I find evidence that state funding of universal kindergarten lowered high - school dropout and institutionalization rates among whites, but not among African Americans, and detect no impact of state funding for children of either race on grade retention, public assistance receipt, employment or earnings.

New evidence on long - term effects of grade retention in third grade finds good news among the nuance

Our fundamental findings from an analysis of the 3rd - and 4th - grade data for these two years indicate that the performance of students identified for retention, regardless of whether they were retained or exempted and promoted, exceeded the performance of low - performing students from the previous year who were not subject to the retention policy; and students who were actually retained made the larger relative gains.

A sampling of the findings suggests that high quality preschool results in fewer years of special education, less grade retention, a higher percentage of high school completion, decreased chance of being arrested or spending time in jail, fewer sexual partners and abortions, higher adult monthly earnings, and less time spent on welfare.

In the third grade, there is no evidence that retention led to greater achievement growth two years after the promotional gate, and in the sixth grade, we find significant evidence that retention was associated with lower achievement growth (emphasis added).

In yet another recent report of a large national study of 400 Chapter 1 schools, researchers found that higher levels of poverty, greater application of grade retention policies, and higher levels of student disciplinary actions were related to lower student achievement (Puma et al., 1997).

In comparing the results of the Program for International Student Assessment in 65 countries, OECD researchers found that differences among countries grade - retention trends could explain up to 15 percent of the variance among average scores on the 2009 PISA.

The study finds little correlation between teacher retention and personal demographics, preparation pathway or degree, or even student and school factors such as poverty rate or grades taught.

When Kids Are Held Back, Gains Can Follow New evidence on the long - term effects of grade retention in third grade finds some good news among the nuance.

This policy brief presents an in - depth look at the issue of in - grade retention (particularly in Texas), reviews research that finds this practice to be ineffective, and outlines alternatives to both retention and social promotion.

The study included a caveat: «Given the expense of grade retention and the emotional toil retention exacts on students, a finding of «no significant difference» for retention on achievement calls into question the educational benefits of grade retention policies.»

«We found that the kids who received this retention and remediation treatment in third grade, there's big positive immediate effect in those first couple of years,» Winters said.

He pointed to a 2009 study by Education Evaluation and Policy Analysis that looked at 22 studies on grade retention and found that well - designed research suggests that holding students back has no effect on student achievement.

But despite promises and new policies meant to hold more students back until they've mastered grade - level material, a University of Minnesota study currently under peer review found that student retention is actually on the decline.

An ongoing study of New Jersey's pre-K program finds that attending the program reduces grade retention and improves language, literacy and math skills.

New evidence on the long - term effects of grade retention in third grade finds some good news among the nuance.

They found that retention in third grade had large positive effects on reading and math achievement in the short run.

Multiple research studies show that community schools work, including a recent Child Trends meta - analysis that found that community schools support young people's needs, reduce grade retention and dropout rates, and increase attendance, math achievement, and grade - point averages.15

It's also worth mentioning that other studies of Head Start have found reduced need for special education and grade retention as well as higher rates of high school graduation.

Many studies have found that children who are expelled or suspended are more likely to experience academic failure and grade retention, drop out of high school, and face juvenile incarceration than those who are not.