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On the Success of Failure 2ed - Softcover

Alexander, Karl L.

 
9780521793971: On the Success of Failure 2ed
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0521793971 ISBN 13: 9780521793971
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2002

Synopsis

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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Book Description

On the Success of Failure 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 or not a repeating a grade is helpful or harmful when children are not keeping up.

Review

"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, Chicago and the Hoover Institution, Stanford University

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2002
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521793971
ISBN 13 
9780521793971
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
328