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Title: The Cost of Retention Under a Test-Based Promotion Policy for Taxpayers and Students

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2023

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ISSN: 19351062

DOI: 10.3102/01623737221138041

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Abstract: Prior research substantially overstates the cost of retention under test-based promotion policies to both taxpayers and students who delay labor market entry because it omits two important factors. First, there is a delay between the intervention and the taxpayer’s expenditure. Second, on average, the treatment leads to less than a full year of additional schooling. I provide formulas for calculating the cost of grade retention within a test-based promotion policy and illustrate using data from Florida. Retaining a third-grade student under Florida’s policy was about 45% less costly to taxpayers and about 37% less costly to retained students than would be suggested by prior authors.

Url: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3102/01623737221138041

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Authors: Winters, Marcus A.

Periodical (Full): Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Issue: 4

Volume: 45

Pages: 688-695

Data Collections: IPUMS CPS

Topics: Education, Labor Force and Occupational Structure

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