Meta-analysis of Grade Retention Research: Implications for Practice in the 21st Century

By S. Jimerson. 2001

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Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Education

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Longitudinal Outcomes for Mathematics Achievement for Students with Learning Disabilities (2011, background): “However, educational research fails to support grade retention as an effective intervention (Jimerson, 2001; Jimerson, Anderson, & Whipple, 2002; Roderick, Nagaoka, Bacon, & Easton, 2000).”
WINNING THE BATTLE AND LOSING THE WAR: EXAMINING THE RELATION BETWEEN GRADE RETENTION AND DROPPING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL (2002, background): “Past literature implicates high school dropout as a potential deleterious longterm correlate of grade retention (Dawson, 1998a; Jimerson, 2001b; Shepard & Smith, 1990); however, a systematic review of the association has not been presented.”
Educational inequality in South Korea: The widening socioeconomic gap in student achievement (2010, background): “In other words, neither ability grouping nor grade retention were common at the lower secondary level in South Korea until very recently, which contrasts the school system in Western societies such as the United States where ability grouping and grade retention have long been practiced (Hoffer, 1992”
Early-Grade Retention and Children’s Reading and Math Learning in Elementary Years (2007, result): “In contradiction to this policy initiative, most past research has reported negative associations between grade retention and children’s academic achievement and social development (Holmes, 1989; Jackson, 1975; Jimerson, 2001, 2004; Shepard, 1989).”
Beyond grade retention and social promotion: Promoting the social and academic competence of students (2006, background): “Jimerson (2001a) provided the most recent systematic review and meta-analysis of studies examining the efficacy of grade retention.”
Higher Education: Gaps in Access and Persistence Study. Statistical Analysis Report. NCES 2012-046. (2012, background): “These children may experience low academic achievement and motivation, and many may behave in ways that undermine their efforts in school and their community (Jimerson 2001).”
Student Ratings of Stressful Experiences at Home and School (2005, neutral): “…Developmental model emphasizes the transactional processes between individuals and their multiple contexts across development (Jimerson, 2001, 1999; Jimerson, Anderson, & Whipple, 2002; Jimerson, Carlson, Rotert, Egeland, & Sroufe, 1997; Jimerson, Egeland, Sroufe, & Carlson,…”
Effects of Kindergarten Retention Policy on Children’s Cognitive Growth in Reading and Mathematics (2005, background): “Comprehensive reviews of almost a century of empirical research on grade retention have not resolved this controversy (Holmes, 1989; Jackson, 1975; Jimerson, 2001; Shepard, 1989).”
A New Instrumental Method for Dealing with Endogenous Selection (2010, neutral): “the meta-analyses of [22], 1989, or [30]).”
School Crime Control and Prevention (2010, background): “…difficulties are more prone to antisocial behavior (Nagin et al. 2003), it is not surprising that grade retention appears to increase conduct problems ( Jimerson 2001; Pagani 352 Philip J. Cook, Denise C. Gottfredson, and Chongmin Na et al. 2001; but see D. Gottfredson, Fink, and Graham 1994).”
Educational Experiences of Children in Foster Care (2007, background): “Professionals may be recognizing the potentially negative impacts of retention (e.g. Jimerson, 2001) and using it more judiciously with this population of students.”
Deviant Peer Influences in Intervention and Public Policy for Youth (2006, background): “The use of grade retention, which has increased through the No Child Left Behind Act, further isolates deviant youth from same-age peers and leads retained youth to form associations with other retained youth (Jimerson, 2001).”
Revisiting Grade Retention: An Evaluation of Florida's Test-Based Promotion Policy (2007, background): “…later academic progress (Peterson, DeGracie, and Ayabe 1987; Holmes 1989; Alexander, Entwisle, and Dauber 1994; Jimerson et al. 1997; Roderick and Nagaoka 2005) and increases rates of students dropping out of school (Grissom and Shepard 1989; Roderick 1994; Jimerson 2001a, 2001b; Allensworth 2005).”
What Would It Take to Change an Inference? Using Rubin’s Causal Model to Interpret the Robustness of Causal Inferences (2013, background): “…there have been considerable studies and syntheses of retention effects (e.g., Alexander et al., 2003; Holmes, 1989; Holmes & Matthews, 1984; Jimerson, 2001; Karweit, 1992; Reynolds, 1992; Roderick, Bryk, Jacobs, TA B L E 1 Q ua nt if yi ng th e R ob us tn es s of I nf er en ce s F ro m…”
A longitudinal study of grade retention: Academic and behavioral outcomes of retained students through adolescence. (2007, background): “Transition classroom programs seem to be popular interventions for young or immature students, despite the abundance of research that fails to demonstrate the efficacy of early grade retention (Holmes, 1989; Jimerson, 2001).”