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A Study Of Grade Retention & Social Promotion In The Mclean County, Kentucky School District, John Settle Jr.
A Study Of Grade Retention & Social Promotion In The Mclean County, Kentucky School District, John Settle Jr.
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Samples from two populations, students socially promoted into McLean County High School in the years 1976- 1979, who had not been retained, and students who entered McLean County High School during the same years who had been retained at one or more grade levels, 1-8, were compared. Comparisons of differences which existed in the two student groups selected for the sample were in five areas: (1) reported attitude toward school, (2) attendance, (3) number of discipline offenses, grades 9-11, (4) scores on the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills, Form S, in the subtests of reading and math as measured at; …