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Schuyler, Nancy Baenen – 1985
The Austin Independent School District Office of Research and Evaluation (AISD-ORE) has recently completed a three year study of the effects of retention on elementary students. As in other studies comparing the academic achievement of elementary retainees and similar students not retained, findings indicated that promoted students generally show…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Attitude Measures, Elementary Education