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ERIC Number: EJ471414
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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Success for Students--Alternative to Retention.
Songaylo, Vincent A.; Shreeve, William
Early Child Development and Care, v86 p159-64 1993
Examines the debate between retention and promotion of marginal students. Includes a study of small district high school principals' attitudes toward retention in which most indicated that retention should never take place and provided alternatives to retention, including nongraded or multigraded classrooms and mastery based education. (HTH)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Classroom Environment, Educational Attitudes, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Repetition, High Schools, Instructional Effectiveness, Principals, Student Evaluation, Student Needs
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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