Publications

Use the links below to view publications by the first letter of the titile.

Title	Year	Author(s)
Effects of kindergarten retention at the end of first grade	1987	Smith, Mary Lee
Failed evidence on grade retention	1996	Smith, Mary Lee
Flunking Grades: Research and Policies on Retention	1989	Smith, Mary Lee
Grade repeating	1994	Shepard, Lorrie
On the Success of Failure: A rejoinder to Alexander	1998	Smith, Mary Lee
Review of Getting Ahead by Staying Behind: An Evaluation of Florida's Program to End Social Promotion		Wiley, Edward W.
Review of Getting Farther Ahead by Staying Behind: A Second-Year Evaluation of Florida's Policy to End Social Promotion		Briggs, Derek C.
Synthesis of research on grade retention	1990	Smith, Mary Lee
The Problems with Failing	1999	Shepard, Lorrie
What doesn't work: Explaining policies of retention in early grades	1987	Smith, Mary Lee