Redshirting and early retention: Who gets the "gift of time" and what are its outcomes?

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 509-534

  Graue, M Elizabeth ^a   DiPerna, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin ^*

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EID: 0034554142     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/00028312037002509     Document Type: Article

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