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Retaining Students in Grade A Literature Review of the Effects of Retention on Students’ Academic and Nonacademic Outcomes
http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2009/RAND_TR678.pdf


Retaining Students in Grade Lessons Learned Regarding Policy Design and Implementation
http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2009/RAND_TR677.sum.pdf

Getting Farther Ahead by Staying Behind
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/search/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED498137&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=ED498137


Grade Retention
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/mar08/vol65/num06/Grade-Retention.aspx 



Get Acrobat Reader  Grade_Retention__State_University_of_New_York.pdf  
"Grade Retention: Current decision-making practices and involvement of school psychologists working in public schools." Authors: BRITTON L. SCHNURR, DEBORAH K. KUNDERT, AND AMANDA B. NICKERSON, University at Albany–State University of New York.
Get Acrobat Reader  Retention_Alternatives__NAESP.pdf  
"Alternatives to Retention in Grade" (Research Report). Author: Nancy Protheroe. National Association of Elementary School Principals.
Get Acrobat Reader  Retention_and_Social_Promotion.pdf  
"Retention and Social Promotion, Perspectives of North Carolina Elementary School Principals". Authors: Tom Bulla and John S. Gooden. ERS Spectrum.
Get Acrobat Reader  Quality_of_Research_Design.pdf  
"Quality of Research Design Moderates Effects of Grade Retention on Achievement: a meta-analytic, multi-level analysis". Authors: Chiharu S. Allen, Texas A&M University; Qi Chen, University of North Texas; Victor L. Willson and Jan N. Hughes, Texas A&M University. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, ProQuest Education Journals.
Get Acrobat Reader  Achievement_Trajectories.pdf  
"Effect of Retention in First Grade on Children's Achievement Trajectories Over 4 Years: A Piecewise Growth Analysis Uinsg Propensity Score Matching." Authors: Wei Wu and Stephen G. West, Arizona State University; Jan N. Hughes, Texas A&M University. Journal of Educational Psychology.
Get Acrobat Reader  Dropout_Rate.pdf  
"The Effects of Grade Retention on the Dropout Rate." Resource collection from Regional Educational Laborabory.
Get Acrobat Reader  Leaving_Too_Many_Behind.pdf  
"Grade Retention: School districts are leaving too many children behind." Author: Scott Poland. District Administration Web.
Get Acrobat Reader  Prevalence_9th_Grade_Retention.pdf  
"Still a Freshman: Examining the prevalence and characteristics of ninth-grade retention across six states." Author: Thomas C. West. Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University.
Get Acrobat Reader  Psychosocial_Outcomes.pdf  
"Effect of Grade Retention in First Grade on Psychosocial Outcomes." Authors: Wei We, University of Kansas; Jan N. Hughes, Texas A&M Univesity; Stephen G. West, Arizona State University. Journal of Educational Psychology.
Get Acrobat Reader  Social_Promotion.pdf  
Social Promotion. Education Week.




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