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ERIC Number: EJ592455
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-8312
Grade Retention and School Dropout: Investigating the Association.
Roderick, Melissa
American Educational Research Journal, v31 n4 p729-59 Win 1994
Uses event-history analysis to explore whether and how grade retention influenced graduation outcomes for a cohort of 707 youths from an urban school system. Repeating a grade from kindergarten to grade 6 was associated with an increase in the odds of dropping out. Explores the impact of being over age for grade. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Age Differences, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Repetition, Urban Schools, Urban Youth
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Event Analysis