https://padlet.com/logangallegos/g97zzskdwr6nok44 en-us 2023-03-07 17:51:07 UTC 2025-10-08 05:07:35 UTC hello@padlet.com logangallegos https://padlet.com/logangallegos/g97zzskdwr6nok44/wish/2507318081 This article looks at how retention might have some benefits. a large body of research showing that retained students perform worse academically, are more likely to drop out of high school, and have worse social-emotional outcomes than students who are promoted. Nonetheless, the choice to keep a student is frequently decided based on nuanced factors such as ability, maturity, and parental participation that researchers are unable to include in analyses. As a result, rather than being a result of being retained, the unsatisfactory outcomes of retained kids may really be a reflection of the reasons they were first held back. According to recent research, policies that support keeping and helping struggling readers can be an effective addition to more general initiatives to lower the percentage of pupils reading below grade level.]]> 2023-03-07 17:53:59 UTC https://padlet.com/logangallegos/g97zzskdwr6nok44/wish/2507318081 logangallegos https://padlet.com/logangallegos/g97zzskdwr6nok44/wish/2507341184 This article looks at how the pandemic affected many children's relationship with schooling and how it was a difficult time to learn. It was a difficult for teachers who were limited on the content they could teach in 2020 and 2021 and the skills children could acquire, as well as increased chronic absenteeism for at-risk kids. Grade retention may be proposed as a solution for the students who are considered behind after those challenging times, but that could lead to worse outcomes. Grade retention is not a practical or economical way to help failing children, and it may end up doing more long-term harm to both the districts and the students themselves. While there may be some short-term benefits to grade retention like a positive impact on one's self-concept, grade retention is linked to even more absences, even potentially dropping out, behavioral issues, and less acceptance among peers.]]> 2023-03-07 18:10:55 UTC https://padlet.com/logangallegos/g97zzskdwr6nok44/wish/2507341184 logangallegos https://padlet.com/logangallegos/g97zzskdwr6nok44/wish/2507358898 Low-performing kids may gain from the chance for further instruction and services, which is one of the retention's potential advantages. However, negative effects could include lowered academic expectations or stigmatization. This article focuses on a study by Schwerdt et al. which found that short-term reading and math achievement was found to benefit significantly from retention in the third grade. Although these initial gains eroded with time, children who had been held back entered high school performing at a higher level relative to their grade level than peers who'd been promoted.]]> 2023-03-07 18:23:35 UTC https://padlet.com/logangallegos/g97zzskdwr6nok44/wish/2507358898 logangallegos https://padlet.com/logangallegos/g97zzskdwr6nok44/wish/2507974309 This article examines whether repeating a grade or moving up with their classmates of the same age is better for students who are struggling. According to research, kids who repeat a grade are frequently even worse off than if they had been advanced with their peers. Retention typically duplicates a full academic year. Other options, like summer school, before-and after-school programs, or extra help during the school day, may be able to offer an equivalent amount of additional time in more instructive ways. Whether they are promoted or retained, kids who are struggling are unlikely to catch up without an early diagnosis and focused intervention.]]> 2023-03-08 03:38:26 UTC https://padlet.com/logangallegos/g97zzskdwr6nok44/wish/2507974309 logangallegos https://padlet.com/logangallegos/g97zzskdwr6nok44/wish/2507985062 In a four-year longitudinal study, the authors looked at how retention in first grade affected children's externalizing and internalizing behaviors, social acceptance, and behavioral, cognitive, and affective involvement. Children who were retained were found to benefit from retention compared to children who were promoted in terms of decreased teacher-rated hyperactivity, decreased peer-rated sorrow and withdrawal, and enhanced teacher-rated behavioral engagement in both the short and long periods. Retained children outperformed promoted children in the near term in terms of peer ratings of liking and school belongingness, but this advantage significantly declined over time. Children's perceptions of school belonging and academic self-efficacy were both influenced favorably by retention, both in the short term and over the long run. The short-term benefits of retention might outweigh the established long-term negative impacts of retention, but the latter could have a negative impact on social acceptance in the long run.]]> 2023-03-08 03:48:56 UTC https://padlet.com/logangallegos/g97zzskdwr6nok44/wish/2507985062 logangallegos https://padlet.com/logangallegos/g97zzskdwr6nok44/wish/2507995170 Grade retention refers to the practice of forcing students to repeat a grade level because they did not achieve the necessary grade level criteria. Choosing to hold a child back is a very difficult and emotional choice. It might be taken into account when a kid has substantial difficulties improving in reading, writing, or math, falls short of the performance standards needed to advance to the next grade, and exhibits signs of being "immature" and "young" for her age. Test results are utilized in many schools nowadays to decide whether a student will advance to the next grade or repeat the current one. More and more children are at risk of being retained as a result of the present push for high academic standards since they aren't attaining the test scores needed for promotion. It's important to consider how the child will be affected.


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