Education Week
Published Online: March 6, 2012
Original data analysis was conducted by Michele McNeil and Ms. Shah.
New nationwide data collected by the U.S. Department of Education's civil rights office reveal stark racial and ethnic disparities in student retentions, with black and Hispanic students far more likely than white students to repeat a grade, especially in elementary and middle school.
The contrast is especially strong for African-Americans. In the most extreme case, more than half of all 4th graders retained at the end of the 2009-10 academic year—56 percent—were black, according to the data, which account for about 85 percent of the nation's public school population. In 3rd grade, 49 percent of those held back were black.
Full Story: http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2012/03/07/23data_ep.h31.html?tkn=PXXF3udWSh0DotmOZ8qMhv0zBNEh0fXDNOnt&cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS1
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