Review of Getting Farther Ahead by Staying Behind: A Second-Year Evaluation of Florida's Policy to End Social Promotion

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Manhattan Institute

Getting Farther Ahead by Staying Behind: A Second-Year Evaluation of Florida's Policy to End Social Promotion

Author(s): Jay Greene and Marcus Winters
Report Date: 09/13/2006
Report URL: http://www.manhattan-institute.org/pdf/cr_49.pdf

Reviewer(s): Briggs, Derek C. (University of Colorado at Boulder)

Review Date: 10/10/2006

File(s): Think Tank Review

The report reviewed here concludes that Florida's recently instituted policy of test-based retention has helped academically struggling elementary school students improve their reading. According to the review, the report overstates the effect of retention on student achievement.

Suggested Cite:

Briggs, D. (2006). Review of "Getting Farther Ahead By Staying Behind: A Second-Year Evaluation of Florida's Policy to end Social Promotion." Boulder and Tempe: Education and the Public Interest Center & Education Policy Research Unit. Retrieved [date] from http://epicpolicy.org/thinktank/review-getting-farther-ahead-staying-behind-a-second-year-evaluation-floridas-policy-end-s