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Goos, Mieke; Van Damme, Jan; Onghena, Patrick; Petry, Katja – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
This study investigates the effects of repeating first grade on children's further academic growth, by tracking the actual performance and the teacher-rated performance of a cohort of Flemish first-graders until the end of elementary school. Two research questions are raised: (1) How do first-grade repeaters, at the cost of one extra year of…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Grade 2, Grade 1, Elementary Education
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Goos, Mieke; Schreier, Brigitte Maria; Knipprath, Heidi Maria Eduard; De Fraine, Bieke; Van Damme, Jan; Trautwein, Ulrich – Comparative Education Review, 2013
This study investigates the extent to which national educational policy factors can explain differences in the probability of students repeating a grade in primary and lower-secondary education across OECD member countries. Data from the PISA 2009 study, the OECD "Education at a Glance" brochures, and the TALIS 2007 study were analyzed…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Grade Repetition, Foreign Countries, Probability