Wrestling with retention. Advances in family, community, and school partnerships. Retention vs. social promotion. A prospective, longitudinal study of the correlates and consequences of early grade retention. Why they did better in summer school.
Schools search for alternatives.
Pendulum for students swings back again. Ideas are changing-again. Practical alternatives to student retention. Differences in social adjustment and classroom behavior between children retained in kindergarten and groups of age and grade matched peers. Three reasons why-and what should be tried instead.