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Getting Farther Ahead by Staying Behind: A Second-Year Evaluation of Florida's Policy to End Social Promotion (2006)
Summary
This report concludes that Florida's policy of retaining third-grade students based on their scores on a standardized reading test has helped them to improve their reading.
Publication Date
October 10, 2006
Research Areas
Teacher Workforce
Authors
Derek Briggs, University of Colorado at Boulder
Publication Type
Think Twice
Press Release
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