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Does grade retention affect students’ achievement in Colombia?

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  • Luz Karime Abadía Alvarado, Silvia Gómez Soler, Juanita Cifuentes González, Ignacio Penagos Montoya
  • Silvia Gómez Soler
  • Juanita Cifuentes González
  • Ignacio Penagos Montoya

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This paper evaluates the impact of grade retention on the results of Colombian students in the 2015 PISA exam. We use a Switching Regression Model (SRM) approach to control for self-selection bias due to unobserved characteristics, such as student’s ability or attitude towards studying that may affect both the probability of being retained and students’ academic performance. We find that those students who have repeated at least a school year get on average lower math, science and reading scores. Moreover, our findings show that the impact of grade retention on academic performance is greater on female students.

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  • Luz Karime Abadía Alvarado, Silvia Gómez Soler, Juanita Cifuentes González, Ignacio Penagos Montoya & Silvia Gómez Soler & Juanita Cifuentes González & Ignacio Penagos Montoya, 2018. "Does grade retention affect students’ achievement in Colombia?," Vniversitas Económica 16518, Universidad Javeriana - Bogotá.
    • Handle: RePEc:col:000416:016518
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    grade retention; student academic performance; endogenous Switching regression model;
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    JEL classification:

    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement

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