Document Type
Thesis
Date of Degree Completion
Spring 1971
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
Committee Chair
William G. Gaskell
Second Committee Member
Alexander H. Howard, Jr.
Third Committee Member
Orval E. Putoff
Abstract
This study is designed to determine whether or not the pupil retention policies presently practiced by the Tenino Elementary School are justifiable in terms of benefiting the retained student academically. It was hypothesized that the academic gains of nonpromoted students will be considerably less than the gains made by promoted students when compared according to achievement tests results. To test this hypothesis, a list was compiled of students who had been retained during a three-year period, and an examination of their cumulative folders was conducted in order to determine academic gain during the year of retention. The same procedure was followed with the records of a group of promoted students who had been matched with the nonpromoted group on the basis of sex, chronological age, and intelligence. The findings were then compared.
Recommended Citation
Long, John Milton, "A Review of Academic Gains made by Non-Promoted Pupils in the Tenino Elementary School" (1971). All Master's Theses. 1652.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/1652
Language
English