In order to identify factors which indicate a student would benefit educationally from retention, and to provide information and recommendations to educators, parents, and others involved in the decision to retain a child, this paper addresses the issue of retention in four major areas: the historical basis of retention, negative and positive…

This document addresses itself to changing social conditions or, more specifically, to the conditions under which nonintellective success is defined by our society. In this document success is viewed as: (1) intellectual development; (2) personality development and adjustment; (3) motivational and aspirational development; (4) social development;…