NEPC Resources on Grade Retention

(April 25, 2019). Lost in Translation: English Learners, One Study, and the Dangers of Translating Research into Practice. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-ells-042519

Brea L. Perry, Daniel J. Losen (June 1, 2017). NEPC Review: Understanding a Vicious Cycle: Do Out-of-School Suspensions Impact Student Test Scores? (University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform, March 2017). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-discipline

Shaun Harper (May 26, 2016). Disproportionate Impact of K-12 School Suspension and Expulsion on Black Students in Southern States . Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/disproportionate-impact-of-k-12-school-suspension-and-expulsion-on-black-students

Joseph Cimpian (December 3, 2015). Review of The Effects of Test-Based Retention on Student Outcomes Over Time. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-NBER-retention

Kevin G. Welner (April 25, 2012). The Lesson of the Cupcakes: Fix Schools by Resisting Gimmicks and Heeding Evidence. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/resisting-gimmicks

Derek C. Briggs (October 10, 2006). NEPC Review: Getting Farther Ahead by Staying Behind: A Second-Year Evaluation of Florida's Policy to End Social Promotion (Manhattan Institute, September 2006). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-getting-farther-ahead-staying-behind-a-second-year-evaluation-floridas-policy-end-s

Edward W. Wiley (February 23, 2006). NEPC Review: Getting Ahead by Staying Behind: An Evaluation of Florida's Program to End Social Promotion (Manhattan Institute, February 2006). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-getting-ahead-staying-behind-an-evaluation-floridas-program-end-social-promotion

Alex Molnar, Douglas N. Harris, Gene V Glass, Lisa Abrams, Madhabi Chatterji, Mary Lee Smith, Sherman Dorn, Tim Hacsi, Victoria-Maria MacDonald (January 1, 2004). Reform Florida. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/reform-florida

Mary Lee Smith (January 1, 1998). On the Success of Failure: A Rejoinder to Alexander. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/on-success-failure-a-rejoinder-alexander

Mary Lee Smith, Lorrie Shepard (January 1, 1987). What Doesn't Work: Explaining Policies of Retention in Early Grades. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/what-doesnt-work-explaining-policies-retention-early-grades