On the Success of Failure: A Reassessment of the Effects of Retention in the Primary School Grades - Couverture souple

Alexander, Karl L.; Entwisle, Doris R.; Dauber, Susan L.

 
9780521793971: On the Success of Failure: A Reassessment of the Effects of Retention in the Primary School Grades
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0521793971 ISBN 13 : 9780521793971
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2002

Synopsis

This book is about the practice of grade retention in elementary school, a particularly vexing problem in urban school systems, where upward of half the students may repeat a grade. On the Success of Failure addresses whether repeating a grade is helpful or harmful when children are not keeping up. It describes the school context of retention and evaluates its consequences by tracking the experiences of a large, representative sample of Baltimore school children from first grade through high school. In addition to evaluating the consequences of retention, the book describes the cohort's dispersion along many different educational pathways from first grade through middle school, the articulation of retention with other forms of educational tracking (like reading group placements in the early primary grades and course-level assignments in middle school), and repeaters' academic and school adjustment problems before they were held back.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book is about the practice of grade retention in elementary school, a particularly vexing problem in urban school systems, where upward of half the students may repeat a grade. On the Success of Failure addresses whether repeating a grade is helpful or harmful when children are not keeping up. It describes the school context of retention and evaluates its consequences by tracking the experiences of a large, representative sample of Baltimore school children from first grade through high school. In addition to evaluating the consequences of retention, the book describes the cohort's dispersion along many different educational pathways from first grade through middle school, the articulation of retention with other forms of educational tracking (like reading group placements in the early primary grades and course-level assignments in middle school), and repeaters' academic and school adjustment problems before they were held back.

Revue de presse

Praise for the first edition: 'This is the first book I have seen that sheds light on the failed social promotion reform. This well researched book intersects with reality and will be enthusiastically embraced by parents, teachers, and principals.' Jim Grant, Executive Director, Society for Developmental Education

'Should not only provoke new research but open the minds of policy analysts and educators to the value of clear, rigorous standards. It should also help shatter the assumptions that city kids can't be expected to learn and that little can be expected of them.' Herbert J. Walberg, University of Illinois at Chicago and the Hoover Institution, Stanford University

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521793971
ISBN 13 
9780521793971
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
326
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Avery
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9780521790642: On the Success of Failure: A Reassessment of the Effects of Retention in the Primary School Grades

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0521790646 ISBN 13 :  9780521790642
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2002
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