Grade Repetition in Honduran Primary Schools

Autor/in	Marshall, Jeffery H.
Titel	Grade Repetition in Honduran Primary Schools
Quelle	In: International Journal of Educational Development, 23 (2003) 6, S.591-605 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0738-0593
DOI	10.1016/S0738-0593(03)00060-9
Schlagwörter	Grade Repetition; Standardized Tests; Foreign Countries; Grade 4; Elementary School Students; Academic Failure; Grade 2; Grade 3; Low Achievement; Predictor Variables; Social Bias; Educational Policy; Developing Nations; Honduras + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Repeat a school year; Repeating; Sitzen bleiben; Sitzenbleiben; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Ausland; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; School year 02; 2. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 02; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; Unterdurchschnittliche Leistung; Prädiktor; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland
Abstract	This paper looks at several dimensions of the grade failure issue in Honduras using a unique data set compiled by the UMCE evaluation project in 1998 and 1999. The analytical framework incorporates econometric analysis of standardized tests and teacher pass/fail decisions for roughly 13,000 second and fourth grade students. The results show that first time grade repetition, as well as repeating previous grades, is associated with lower marginal achievement on the UMCE exams, although the same is not true for students who are repeating the second or third time. The strongest predictor of grade failure is previous repetition, despite the inclusion of controls for achievement and attendance. The implications of this apparently strong stigma effect associated with grade repetition are discussed, as well as other policy issues related to grade repetition in developing countries. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10