Can unlike students learn together? :  grade retention, tracking, and grouping / 
edited by Herbert J. Walberg, Arthur J. Reynolds, Margaret C. Wang. 
 - viii, 215 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm. 
 - Research in educational productivity .
 - Research in educational productivity. .
<br/><br/> "Published in cooperation with LSS.". 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> Introduction and overview /  Dropout in relation to grade retention : an accounting of the beginning school study /  Grade retention and school dropout : another look at the evidence /  Is grade retention educational malpractice? : empirical evidence from the meta-analyses examining the efficacy of grade retention /  Race-ethnicity, social background, and grade retention /  Race effects on ability group outcomes /  Classroom organization and instructional quality /  Grouping, tracking, and de-tracking : conclusions from experimental, correctional, and ethnographic research /  Understanding research on the consequences of retention /  Recommendations and a personal view /  Herbert J. Walberg --  Karl L. Alexander, Doris R. Entwisle, Susan L. Dauber and Nader Kabbani --  Judy A. Temple, Arthur J. Reynolds and Suh-Ruu Ou --  Shane R. Jimerson --  Robert M. Hauser, Devah I. Pager and Solon J. Simmons --  Maureen T. Hallinan --  Adam Gamoran --  James A. Kulik --  Lorrie A. Shepard --  Herbert J. Walberg.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8.  9.  10. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1593111142 9781593111144 1593111150 9781593111151 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004001327 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Grade repetition--United States<br/>Ability grouping in education--United States
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LB3063  / .C32 2004 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>371.252