Book/Printed Material The effect of grade retention on high school completion

Title

• The effect of grade retention on high school completion

Summary

• "Low-achieving students in many school districts are retained in a grade in order to allow them to gain the academic or social skills that teachers believe are necessary to succeed academically. This practice is highly controversial, with many researchers claiming that it leads to higher dropout rates although selection issues have complicated previous analyses. In this paper, we use a regression discontinuity design to examine the impact of grade retention on high school completion. We find that grade retention leads to a modest increase in the probability of dropping out for older students, but has no significant effect on younger students"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.

Names

• Jacob, Brian A.
• Lefgren, Lars
• National Bureau of Economic Research

Created / Published

• Cambridge, MA : National Bureau of Economic Research, c2007.

Notes

• -  Title from PDF file as viewed on 11/1/2007.
• -  Includes bibliographical references.
• -  Also available in print.
• -  Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• -  System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Call Number/Physical Location

• HB1

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2007616645
• http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13514 External

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2007616645

Access Advisory

• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

• image
• pdf

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2007616645

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