TY - JOUR
T1 - Should students repeat a school year? The case of grade 9 students in Colombia
AU - Gómez Soler, Silvia C.
AU - Cifuentes González, Juanita
AU - Abadía Alvarado, Luz Karime
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021
PY - 2021/1
Y1 - 2021/1
N2 - This paper evaluates the relationship between grade repetition and academic performance of 9th grade students in Colombia. We use matching methods (propensity score, coarsened exact and entropy) to balance the distribution of characteristics of those students who were retained and those who were not. The results show that repetition negatively affects students’ performance in math (23% of a SD) and language (20.4% of a SD). Moreover, our findings show that the effect of grade repetition on female students’ achievement in language is positive and significant (5.6% of a SD), and in mathematics is negative and significant (19.7% of a SD).
AB - This paper evaluates the relationship between grade repetition and academic performance of 9th grade students in Colombia. We use matching methods (propensity score, coarsened exact and entropy) to balance the distribution of characteristics of those students who were retained and those who were not. The results show that repetition negatively affects students’ performance in math (23% of a SD) and language (20.4% of a SD). Moreover, our findings show that the effect of grade repetition on female students’ achievement in language is positive and significant (5.6% of a SD), and in mathematics is negative and significant (19.7% of a SD).
KW - Academic performance
KW - Colombia
KW - Grade repetition
KW - Matching techniques
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85117694018&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijer.2021.101886
DO - 10.1016/j.ijer.2021.101886
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85117694018
SN - 0883-0355
VL - 110
JO - International Journal of Educational Research
JF - International Journal of Educational Research
M1 - 101886
ER -