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ERIC Number: EJ538522
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0671
A Study of Repeated Courses among Secondary Students in Ontario.
Casas, Francois R.; Meaghan, Diane E.
Journal of Educational Research, v90 n2 p116-27 Nov-Dec 1996
This study examined records from students who graduated from Ontario secondary schools in the York Region Board of Education from 1991-94. The study investigated repetition of successfully completed senior-level courses and analyzed resource cost and subject distribution. Results indicated that the students improved their marks in the repeated course. (SM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advanced Courses, College Bound Students, Costs, Course Selection (Students), Educational Finance, Foreign Countries, Grades (Scholastic), Rural Schools, School Districts, Secondary Education, Urban Schools
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Ontario; Repetition Effects