On the Success of Failure 2ed: A Reassessment of the Effects of Retention in the Primary Grades - Brossura

Alexander, Karl L.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521793971 ISBN 13: 9780521793971

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2002

Riassunto

This study is about the practice of grade retention in elementary schools; a particularly vexing problem in urban school systems. The book describes the school context of retention and evaluates its consequences by tracking the experiences of a large, representative sample of Baltimore school children from first grade through high school. It addresses the complex question of whether repeating a grade is helpful or harmful when children are not keeping up with their coursework.

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Praise for the first edition: 'This is the first book I have seen that sheds light on the failed social promotion reform. This well researched book intersects with reality and will be enthusiastically embraced by parents, teachers, and principals.' Jim Grant, Executive Director, Society for Developmental Education

'Should not only provoke new research but open the minds of policy analysts and educators to the value of clear, rigorous standards. It should also help shatter the assumptions that city kids can't be expected to learn and that little can be expected of them.' Herbert J. Walberg, University of Illinois at Chicago and the Hoover Institution, Stanford University

Descrizione del libro

On the Success of Failure is about the practice of grade retention in elementary schools, a particularly vexing problem in urban school systems. It addresses whether repeating a grade is helpful or harmful when children are not keeping up, describes the school context of retention, and evaluates its consequences.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521793971
• ISBN 13: 9780521793971
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 328
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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