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Elementary Grade Retention in Texas and Reading Achievement Among Racial Groups: 1994–2002

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  • Jon Lorence
  • Anthony Gary Dworkin

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Students who failed the Texas mandatory third grade reading test were followed through their sophomore year in high school. Comparisons of reading scores between third grade students who repeated the grade and their socially promoted classmates revealed that the positive effect of retention persisted over time. Retention in third grade benefited low‐performing readers regardless of race. Supplemental analyses found that the results are not likely attributable to selection biases, differential attrition of students from the panel, changes in the special education status of students, and regression to the mean effects. Making students repeat a grade, when supplemented with additional educational assistance, can benefit academically challenged children.

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  • Jon Lorence & Anthony Gary Dworkin, 2006. "Elementary Grade Retention in Texas and Reading Achievement Among Racial Groups: 1994–2002," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 23(5), pages 999-1033, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:revpol:v:23:y:2006:i:5:p:999-1033
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.2006.00247.x
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    1. Gia A. Renaud, 2013. "Grade Retention," SAGE Open, , vol. 3(2), pages 21582440134, April.
    2. Tafreschi, Darjusch & Thiemann, Petra, 2016. "Doing it twice, getting it right? The effects of grade retention and course repetition in higher education," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 55(C), pages 198-219.
    3. Anastasia Dimiski, 2020. "Factors that affect Students’ performance in Science: An application using Gini-BMA methodology in PISA 2015 dataset," Working Papers 2004, University of Guelph, Department of Economics and Finance.
    4. Servaas van der Berg & Gabrielle Wills & Rebecca Selkirk & Charles Adams & Chris van Wyk, 2019. "The cost of repetition in South Africa," Working Papers 13/2019, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.

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