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.
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.
