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EJ476840 SP522912
Title: Failure in Grade: Do Retained Students Catch Up?Author(s): Meisels, Samuel J.; Liaw, Fong-ruey
Source: Journal of Educational Research, v87 n2 p69-77 Nov-Dec 1993
Publication Date: 1993
ISSN: 0022-0671
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJMAY1994
This study
examined retention in grades K-8 using data from the 1988 National
Education Longitudinal Study. Male, minority, and lower socioeconomic
status (SES) students were more likely to be retained. Retention
related to less optimal academic and personal-social outcomes, particularly
for female, white, and higher SES students. (SM)
Descriptors: *Academic Failure; Black Students; Disadvantaged Youth;
Elementary Education; Elementary School Students; *Grade Repetition;
Hispanic Americans; Longitudinal Studies; Public Schools; *Racial
Factors; *Sex Differences; *Socioeconomic Status; Student Characteristics;
*Student Promotion; Underachievement; White Students
Identifiers: National Education Longitudinal Study 1988
