Is retention beneficial to low-achieving students?
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Resumo: | The role of retention as an educational tool to overcome under-achievement is a hotly debated issue, especially given that the results in the literature are not consensual. The Portuguese case is particularly well suited to study this issue: all students must take standardized national exams at specific grades. Moreover, the available dataset tracks the performance of students over time. Therefore, we are able to measure the impact of students’ retention on their subsequent academic performance since we can control for each student’s initial level of ability at the moment of retention. We use a propensity score matching approach, in which retained and promoted 4th grade students are matched according to their socioeconomic characteristics and the scores obtained in national exams. To address potentially remaining endogeneity biases, we also use the culture of retention at school level as an instrumental variable. The results suggest that in some situations retentions may have on average a positive impact on future achievement. However, in the cases where statistically significant impacts are found, the estimated magnitudes are relatively small. Our results are relevant for countries with high retention rates that are considering alternative educational policies to promote students’ achievement. |
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Is retention beneficial to low-achieving students?Evidence from PortugalGrade retentionlow-achieving studentsstandardized national examsstudents’ performanceEconomics and EconometricsSDG 4 - Quality EducationThe role of retention as an educational tool to overcome under-achievement is a hotly debated issue, especially given that the results in the literature are not consensual. The Portuguese case is particularly well suited to study this issue: all students must take standardized national exams at specific grades. Moreover, the available dataset tracks the performance of students over time. Therefore, we are able to measure the impact of students’ retention on their subsequent academic performance since we can control for each student’s initial level of ability at the moment of retention. We use a propensity score matching approach, in which retained and promoted 4th grade students are matched according to their socioeconomic characteristics and the scores obtained in national exams. To address potentially remaining endogeneity biases, we also use the culture of retention at school level as an instrumental variable. The results suggest that in some situations retentions may have on average a positive impact on future achievement. However, in the cases where statistically significant impacts are found, the estimated magnitudes are relatively small. Our results are relevant for countries with high retention rates that are considering alternative educational policies to promote students’ achievement.NOVA School of Business and Economics (NOVA SBE)RUNNunes, Luis CatelaBalcão Reis, AnaSeabra, Maria Carmo2018-03-15T23:18:22Z2018-082018-08-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article12application/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2018.1444261eng0003-6846PURE: 3660510http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85042446082&partnerID=8YFLogxKhttps://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2018.1444261info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T04:18:09Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/32614Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:29:54.639593Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Is retention beneficial to low-achieving students? Evidence from Portugal |
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Is retention beneficial to low-achieving students? |
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Is retention beneficial to low-achieving students? Nunes, Luis Catela Grade retention low-achieving students standardized national exams students’ performance Economics and Econometrics SDG 4 - Quality Education |
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Is retention beneficial to low-achieving students? |
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Is retention beneficial to low-achieving students? |
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Is retention beneficial to low-achieving students? |
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Is retention beneficial to low-achieving students? |
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Is retention beneficial to low-achieving students? |
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Nunes, Luis Catela |
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Nunes, Luis Catela Balcão Reis, Ana Seabra, Maria Carmo |
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Balcão Reis, Ana Seabra, Maria Carmo |
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NOVA School of Business and Economics (NOVA SBE) RUN |
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Nunes, Luis Catela Balcão Reis, Ana Seabra, Maria Carmo |
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Grade retention low-achieving students standardized national exams students’ performance Economics and Econometrics SDG 4 - Quality Education |
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Grade retention low-achieving students standardized national exams students’ performance Economics and Econometrics SDG 4 - Quality Education |
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The role of retention as an educational tool to overcome under-achievement is a hotly debated issue, especially given that the results in the literature are not consensual. The Portuguese case is particularly well suited to study this issue: all students must take standardized national exams at specific grades. Moreover, the available dataset tracks the performance of students over time. Therefore, we are able to measure the impact of students’ retention on their subsequent academic performance since we can control for each student’s initial level of ability at the moment of retention. We use a propensity score matching approach, in which retained and promoted 4th grade students are matched according to their socioeconomic characteristics and the scores obtained in national exams. To address potentially remaining endogeneity biases, we also use the culture of retention at school level as an instrumental variable. The results suggest that in some situations retentions may have on average a positive impact on future achievement. However, in the cases where statistically significant impacts are found, the estimated magnitudes are relatively small. Our results are relevant for countries with high retention rates that are considering alternative educational policies to promote students’ achievement. |
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