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Download full textKariuki, Patrick; Page, Lana – 2001
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between social promotion in the middle school and academic achievement in the high school math class. The sample consisted of 30 seniors from a Northeast Tennessee high school who were promoted without mastery in the middle school. Their academic achievement in the high school math class…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, High Schools, Mathematics Education, Middle Schools
Livingston, Donald R.; Livingston, Sharon M. – 2002
To make a case against recently passed legislation in Georgia banning social promotion, one must start by examining the state's rationale for the decision that based on the perceived views teachers have on the issue. Research suggests, however, that teachers hold contradictory opinions concerning the use of standardized tests for high-stakes…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Black Students, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education
Hauser, Robert M.; Pager, Devah I.; Simmons, Solon J. – 2000
This paper reviews the policy context of school retention and shows that age-grade retardation has been common and growing in American schools from the 1970s-90s. The paper focuses on the period from 1972-98 and on grade retardation at ages 6, 9, 12, 15, and 17 years. By age 9 years, the odds of grade-retardation among African American and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Black Students, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Hauser, Robert M. – 2000
This paper reviews the extent and consequences of grade retention in elementary and secondary school. The first part of the paper reviews recent proposals for test-based grade promotion and retention. These are based on politically attractive, but scientifically unsupported claims about the benefits of retention, and minority students are more…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Age Grade Placement, Educational Policy, Educational Trends
Lenarduzzi, Grant; McLaughlin, T. F. – 1992
The issue of grade retention and social promotion is still a very controversial topic. The empirical literature assessing the effectiveness of nonpromotion remains mixed. Nonpromotion seems most effective with students in white, suburban, and middle-class school districts. This paper describes a 4-year follow-up to an earlier controlled study by…
Descriptors: Attendance, Dropout Rate, Foreign Countries, Grade Point Average
Cosden, Merith; And Others – 1993
Over the past 10 years, kindergarten classes have escalated their academic demands in order to prepare children to begin first grade. In tandem with curricular changes, many parents have elected to "hold out" their children from first grade for an additional year, and increasingly, schools are using kindergarten retention in response to…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Age Grade Placement, English (Second Language), Grade Repetition
