Author: ALEXANDER, Karl L., ENTWISLE, Doris R., & DAUBER, Susan L.
Title: On the Success of Failure: A Reassessment of the Effects of Retention in the Primary Grades.
Description: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Hardcover. Spine of dj sunned, o/wise condition vg. Examines whether repeating a grade is helpful or harmful when children are not keeping up, & other related issues. Describes the school context of retention & evaluates its consequences by tracking the experiences of a large, representative sample of Baltimore school children from first grade through middle school. 270pp.

Keywords: education retention primary school schooling failure