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On the success of failure : a reassessment of the effects of retention in the primary grades / Karl L. Alexander, Doris R. Entwisle, Susan L. Dauber.
LIBRA LB3063 .A54 1994
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alexander, Karl L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Grade repetition--United States.
- Grade repetition.
- Education, Primary--United States.
- Education, Primary.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 270 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
- Summary:
- This book examines grade retention in elementary school, a particularly vexing problem in urban school systems, where upwards of half the students may repeat a grade.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [252]-264) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0521415047
- OCLC:
- 30031207
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