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Ending Social Promotion: Early Lessons Learned. A Report on Early Lessons Learned in the Efforts To End Social Promotion in the Nation's Public Schools.

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Eisner, Caroline, Ed. – 2000

This report presents information from a conference of leaders from districts and states that have been implementing policies to end social promotion. Discussions examined: goals for ending social promotion; promising intervention strategies (using comprehensive accountability systems, using multiple measures to determine grade placement, offering…

Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development

Alternatives to Retention: If Flunking Doesn't Work, What Does?

Thomas, Anne Hill – OSSC Bulletin, 1992

This bulletin examines some questions that arise when children are not ready for promotion: Should they be retained? Who decides? Are there alternatives to retention? What is the effect of retention on the student? Despite research limitations, those who examine the studies on grade repetition say they show that grade retention does not have a…

Descriptors: Academic Failure, Accountability, Board of Education Policy, Cost Effectiveness