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Promotion with and Without Learning: Effects on Student Enrollment and Dropout Behavior
King, Elizabeth M.; Orazem, Peter; Paterno, Elizabeth M. - Department of Economics, Iowa State University - 2008
Many educators and policymakers have argued for lenient grade promotion policy – even automatic promotion – in … persistence or continuation in school and that the promotion of children with lower achievement does not hamper their ability or … their peer’s ability to perform at the next level. Alternatively, promoting students into grades for which they are not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005433103
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The Effect of Grade Retention on School Outcomes: An Application of Doubly Robust Estimation Methods
Uysal, Selver Derya - 2010
In this study, I estimate the average causal treatment effect of grade retention on several educational outcome variables, such as completion of upper secondary school, graduation grades in math and German, as well as average final grade using a data set from Germany. The analysis relies on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273689
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Sibling Spillovers May Enhance the Efficacy of Targeted School Policies
Figlio, David N.; Karbownik, Krzysztof; Özek, Umut - 2023
Public policies often target individuals but within-family externalities of such interventions are understudied. Using a regression discontinuity design, we document how a third grade retention policy affects both the target children and their younger siblings. The policy improves test scores of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377153
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Sibling Spillovers May Enhance the Efficacy of Targeted School Policies
Figlio, David; Karbownik, Krzysztof; Özek, Umut - 2023
Public policies often target individuals but within-family externalities of such interventions are understudied. Using a regression discontinuity design, we document how a third grade retention policy affects both the target children and their younger siblings. The policy improves test scores of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377500
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Strategic grade retention
Bach, Maximilian - 2019
Most school systems grant teachers and school principals considerable discretion in grade retention decisions. This paper argues that schools can exploit this discretion by selectively retaining students to reduce class size which potentially has important implications for public spending on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012146977
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Student assessment and grade retention : evidence from a natural experiment ; conference paper
Kimura, Marlies; Ochsen, Carsten - 2014
In Germany and many other countries, students are tracked into various secondary school types. This paper studies whether parents or teachers assess students potential educational performance more adequately. Educational attainment is measured by grade retention rates. We take advantage of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010488494
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Strategic grade retention
Bach, Maximilian - 2019
Most school systems grant teachers and school principals considerable discretion in grade retention decisions. This paper argues that schools can exploit this discretion by selectively retaining students to reduce class size which potentially has important implications for public spending on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012146345
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Evaluating the “Threat” Effects of Grade Repetition. Exploiting the 2001 Reform by the French-Speaking Community of Belgium
BELOT, Michèle; VANDENBERGHE, Vincent - Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), … - 2011
, policy makers reinstated the possibility to repeat grade 7, putting an end to the regime of “social promotion” applicable to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009350374
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Sibling spillovers may enhance the efficacy of targeted school policies
Figlio, David N.; Karbownik, Krzysztof; Özek, Umut - 2023
Public policies often target individuals but within-family externalities of such interventions are understudied. Using a regression discontinuity design, we document how a third grade retention policy affects both the target children and their younger siblings. The policy improves test scores of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014307094
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Sibling spillovers may enhance the efficacy of targeted school policies
Figlio, David N.; Karbownik, Krzysztof; Özek, Umut - 2023
Public policies often target individuals but within-family externalities of such interventions are understudied. Using a regression discontinuity design, we document how a third grade retention policy affects both the target children and their younger siblings. The policy improves test scores of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014309603