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On the Success of Failure: A Reassessment of the Effects of Retention in the Primary School Grades
Karl L. Alexander
On the Success of Failure is about the practice of grade retention in elementary schools, a particularly vexing problem in urban school systems. It addresses whether repeating a grade is helpful or harmful when children are not keeping up, describes the school context of retention, and evaluates its consequences.
326 pages, 11 b/w illus. 41 tables
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | January 13, 2003 |
| Original release date | 2002 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521790642 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 326 |
| Dimensions | 158 × 236 × 22 mm · 539 g |
