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Flunking grades : research and policies on retention
- Title
- Flunking grades : research and policies on retention / edited by Lorrie A. Shepard and Mary Lee Smith.
- Publication
- London ; New York : Falmer Press, 1989.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | LB3063 .F57 1989 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- viii, 243 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Series Statement
- Education policy perspectives. Policy studies and evaluation series
- Uniform Title
- Education policy perspectives. Policy studies and evaluation series
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographies and index.
- Contents
- Introduction and overview / L.A. Shepard and M.L. Smith -- Grade level retention effects : a meta-analysis of research studies / C.T. Holmes -- Repeating and dropping out of school / J.B. Grissom and L.A. Shepard -- A review of research on kindergarten retention / L.A. Shepard -- Academic and emotional effects of kindergarten retention in one school district / L.A. Shepard and M.L. Smith -- Attitudes of students, parents and educators toward repeating a grade / D.A. Byrnes -- Teachers' beliefs about retention / L.A. Shepard -- Ending social promotion in Waterford : appearances and reality / M.C. Ellwein and G.V. Glass -- Alternatives to student retention : new images of the learner, the teacher and classroom / P.L. Peterson -- Policy implications of retention research / E.R. House -- Flunking grades : a recapitulation / L.A. Shepard and M.L. Smith.
- ISBN
- 1850003386
- 9781850003380
- 1850003394
- 9781850003397
- LCCN
- 88033611
- OCLC
- ocm19129864
- 19129864
- SCSB-8905207
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library