title: Grade retention rates among students with learning disabilities.
abstract: This study investigated the grade retention of students with learning disabilities. Data were collected on 689 students referred and identified as having learning disabilities during the 1987-88 school year in Indiana. Of these students, 58% had been retained before identification. The results of this investigation suggest that retention is being used as a remediation before labeling a student. Implications of this practice and alternatives to grade retention as a method to address the academic needs of students are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Curriculum and Teacher Education, Indiana University, Bloomington.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McLeskey
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Grizzle
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D004519:Education, Special; D004608:Eligibility Determination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007196:Indiana / Q000453:epidemiology; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D012073:Remedial Teaching