In fact, with the renewed national emphasis on accountability in education, student retention is being recommended more and more. Research repeatedly demonstrates that the downside of grade retention significantly outweighs positive effects by any reasonable standard but we still keep doing it.
All behavior has a purpose - even negative behavior.
Five common reasons behind academic failure are outlined from those requiring less time and effort to remediate, to those requiring the most time and effort to remediate. When a student is struggling academically, try thinking about these hypotheses and interventions summarized below. The student is not motivated to respond to the instructional demands. Provide choices of activities 2. Insufficient prompting and feedback for active responding.