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ERIC Number: EJ551691
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0033-3085
Student Retention: Why is There a Gap between the Majority of Research Findings and School Practice?
Tanner, C. Kenneth; Galis, Susan Allan
Psychology in the Schools, v34 n2 p107-14 Apr 1997
Reviews popular literature-based propositions pertaining to student retention and non-retention. Surveys the scope of the problem of retention and suggests that retaining a child so as to repeat an unsuccessful experience is inappropriate, whereas retaining a child and using resources to correct well-documented, individual problems is appropriate. (RJM)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Adolescents, Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Repetition, High Risk Students, Literature Reviews, Outcomes of Education, School Policy, Student Promotion
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Delay Retention Effect
Note: Special theme issue on "School Readiness."