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Kretschmann, Julia; Vock, Miriam; Lüdtke, Oliver – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2014
Using German data, we examined the effects of one specific type of acceleration--grade skipping--on academic performance. Prior research on the effects of acceleration has suffered from methodological restrictions, especially due to a lack of appropriate comparison groups and a priori measurements. For this reason, propensity score matching was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students, Acceleration (Education)