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Policy brief shines light on effectiveness of retention as tool for improving literacy

Type: Email Communications
Published Date: April 25, 2012
Author: Watt, Joe

As a state Senate committee prepares for a hearing on House Bill 1238 ("Ensuring K-3 Literacy Education") today, the Bell Policy Center is releasing an policy brief that reviews some of the assertions and research around student retention – holding students back a grade – as a mechanism for improving literacy skills. Retention is one of the important components of the proposed legislation.

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Retention and literacy: What the research says

Type: Issue Brief
Published Date: April 24, 2012
Author: Maitland, Melody

This Bell Policy Center issue brief reviews some of the assertions and the research around student retention – holding students back a grade – as a mechanism for improving literacy skills. Retention is one of the important components of House Bill 12-1238.

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