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Direct linkLarsen, Donald E.; Akmal, Tariq T. – NASSP Bulletin, 2007
This study of grade-level advancement/retention policies and procedures in 10 school districts shows how retention policy and procedure are disconnected from retention research. Administrators and teachers experience ethical dilemmas when district policy and prescribed practice collide with realities that underlie student failure. However, acts of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Social Promotion, Ethics, Grade Repetition
Peer reviewedJohnson, Debra – NASSP Bulletin, 2001
Reviews research and then describes five alternative strategies to social promotion and grade retention: Intensify learning, provide professional development to ensure skilled teachers, expand learning options, assess to inform teaching, and intervene early and often. (Contains 33 references.) (PKP)
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation
Peer reviewedCunningham, William G.; Owens, Ray C. – NASSP Bulletin, 1976
Social promotion is accomplishing what it was intended to do; it is relieving the various grades of over-age, floundering students. If we are to help these potential failures, we must devise new educational systems. (Editor)
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Practices, Educational Problems, Educational Research
Peer reviewedOwings, William A.; Kaplan, Leslie S. – NASSP Bulletin, 2001
Describes origin and elements of the standards movement. Reviews research on grade retention and social promotion and concludes that both are failed strategies to improve student achievement. Describes principal's role in meeting standards. Discusses the use of systemic and classroom interventions to help students meet state standards. (Contains…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Academic Standards, Accountability, Administrator Role
