Catalyst Chicago

Chicago Reporter (https://www.chicagoreporter.com/catalyst-issues/2004-05-student-retention/)
Decades of research on student retention have found that repeating a grade generally does not improve students’ academic performance and, in the long run, increases their chances of dropping out. Yet the popularity of such policies is growing. The reasons range from a perceived lack of alternatives, to the motivation that the threat of retention generates in at least some students and parents.