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Download full textGreene, Jay P.; Winters, Marcus A. – Center for Civic Innovation, 2006
Social promotion has long been the normal practice in American schools. Critics of this practice, whereby students are promoted to the next grade regardless of academic preparation, have suggested that students would benefit academically if they were made to repeat a grade. Supporters of social promotion claim that retaining students disrupts them…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Research Design, Researchers, Standardized Tests
Online Submission, 2005
The Education Policy Institute (EPI) conducted an analysis of recent academic data collected from 24 KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program) schools on behalf of the KIPP Foundation. The purpose of this study was to evaluate these data to determine whether KIPP schools have had a positive impact on the student learning of 5th-grade students as…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Achievement Tests, Program Effectiveness, Educational Policy
