RT Journal Article
T1 Grade retention in Spain: the right way?
A1 López-Agudo, Luis Alejandro
A1 Prieto-Latorre, Claudia
A1 Marcenaro-Gutiérrez, Óscar David
K1 Rendimiento académico
K1 Fracaso escolar
K1 Enseñanza secundaria
AB There is a wide debate on the convenience of grade retention for students’ future cognitive development. Nevertheless, due to the endogenous characteristics of grade retention to explain students’ academic performance, most of the literature fails in capturing its actual influence. In the present research we intend to get as close as possible to the causal effect of grade retention on lower secondary education students’ academic competences. In order to do this, we employ rich administrative census and longitudinal data from the most populated region of Spain (Andalusia) using Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) estimation method with student fixed-effects within-students between-academic years. Our results show a positive influence of grade retention on students’ academic competences in the short-term in mathematics, but a null one in reading.
PB Springer Heidelberg
YR 2023
FD 2023-10-23
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/33987
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/33987
LA eng
NO Lopez-Agudo, L. A., Latorre, C. P., & Marcenaro-Gutierrez, O. D. (2023). Grade retention in Spain: the right way?. Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 36(1), 53-74.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 19 ene 2026