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Grade Retention, Postsecondary Education, and Public Aid Receipt

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: Using data from the Chicago Longitudinal Study (CLS), an ongoing investigation of a panel of low-income minority children growing up in an inner city, this study investigated whether retention is associated with participation in postsecondary education and public aid receipt. The study sample included 1,367 participants whose data were available for grade retention and educational attainment by age 24. Findings from both regression and propensity score matching indicated that grade retention was significantly associated with lower rates of participation in postsecondary education. Late retention (between fourth and eighth grades) was more strongly linked to lower rates of postsecondary education than early retention (between first and third grades). There was no significant association between retention and public aid receipt.

Source: Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

DOI: 10.3102/0162373709354334

Authors: Suh-Ruu Ou, Arthur J. Reynolds

Institution: University of Minnesota

Language: English

Topic: School Choice and Performance

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Quality education, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

Funder: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development