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Held back, but not helped

The Hechinger Report

Most students lost months or even years of school time after Katrina hit in 2005. Early this past December, the state released guidance to explain how to institute alternatives to retention in fourth grade, to comply with a resolution passed by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in October.

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PROOF POINTS: Even older teens benefit from catch-up classes

The Hechinger Report

Meanwhile, interventions aimed at teenagers, such as dropout prevention programs , often disappoint. The study is part of a larger body of work in which Lavy has documented positive results from intervening with older students. But researchers occasionally find things that work with high schoolers.

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