Strengthening early literacy skills through social promotion policies? Intended and unintended consequences in Costa Rica
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2020.102243
Abstract: Abstract Social promotion policies (SPP) are often justified as allowing students to learn at their own pace while avoiding the consequences of grade repetition, particularly in settings where grade repetition is a pervasive feature of… read more here.
Keywords: social promotion; grade repetition; costa rica; literacy ... See more keywords
Grade repetition and boys’ risk of being repeated in early schooling in Queensland, Australia
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DOI: 10.1017/jgc.2019.5
Abstract: Abstract Despite the fact that many research studies (Canon & Lipscomb, 2011; Jimerson, 2001a, 2001b, 2004; Martin, 2011) have shown that grade repetition offers few benefits to students, it continues to be used as an… read more here.
Keywords: boys risk; grade repetition; repetition boys; queensland ... See more keywords
Grade repetition and bullying victimization in adolescents: A global cross-sectional study of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) data from 2018
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003846
Abstract: Background Grade repetition is practiced worldwide and varies considerably across the globe. Globally, around 32.2 million students repeated a grade at the primary education level in 2010. Although a large body of research has documented… read more here.
Keywords: repetition bullying; bullying victimization; grade repetition; repetition ... See more keywords