Predictors and effects of grade repetition

Empirical evidence mostly describes the negative effects of grade repetition on academic performance. Nevertheless, the international use of this educational policy is still widespread. In this study, drawing on data for the Spanish case, we provide additional evidence on the need to consider differ...

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Autores: Choi de Mendizábal, Álvaro, Gil, María, Mediavilla, Mauro, Valbuena, Javier
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repositorio:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/14724
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/14724
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Grade Retention
Academic Achievement
Reverse Causality
PISA
PIRLS
Repetición
Rendimiento académico
Causalidad inversa
Descripción
Sumario:Empirical evidence mostly describes the negative effects of grade repetition on academic performance. Nevertheless, the international use of this educational policy is still widespread. In this study, drawing on data for the Spanish case, we provide additional evidence on the need to consider different policies to grade repetition in order to enhance the achievement of low-performers. These alternative policies should be based on two main principles: individualized treatment and early intervention. Results have been achieved from the application of a novel methodology which allows to combine microdata from two international educational assessments