Short-term effects of grade retention on the growth rate of Woodcock-Johnson III broad math and reading scores

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-105

  Wu, Wei ^a   West, Stephen G ^a   Hughes, Jan N ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grade retention; Linear growth curve modeling; Optimal matching; Propensity score

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROL; COPING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; READING; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ACHIEVEMENT; AGGRESSION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; READING; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 37349054240     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsp.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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