Retention, Helpful or Harmful? [electronic resource] : A Look at How or If Grade Retention Affects Children in School / Vivian L. Rothstein.

Noting that the rate of grade retention has risen nearly 40 percent over the past 20 years, this case study examines whether being retained for 1 school year helps children academically by giving them more practice and time to succeed or harms their self-esteem and causes them to eventually drop out...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Rothstein, Vivian L.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2000.
Subjects:	Academic Achievement. Elementary School Students. Grade Repetition. Grade 5. Intermediate Grades. Outcomes of Education. Parent Attitudes. Parents. Student Adjustment. Student Attitudes.