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ERIC Number: EJ476840
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0671
Failure in Grade: Do Retained Students Catch Up?
Meisels, Samuel J.; Liaw, Fong-ruey
Journal of Educational Research, v87 n2 p69-77 Nov-Dec 1993
This study examined retention in grades K-8 using data from the 1988 National Education Longitudinal Study. Male, minority, and lower socioeconomic status (SES) students were more likely to be retained. Retention related to less optimal academic and personal-social outcomes, particularly for female, white, and higher SES students. (SM)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Black Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade Repetition, Hispanic Americans, Longitudinal Studies, Public Schools, Racial Factors, Sex Differences, Socioeconomic Status, Student Characteristics, Student Promotion, Underachievement, White Students
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: National Education Longitudinal Study 1988