Race-Ethnicity, Social Background, and Grade Retention

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AUTHOR Hauser, Robert M.; Pager, Devah I.; Simmons, Solon J. TITLE Race-Ethnicity, Social Background, and Grade Retention. CDE Working Paper. INSTITUTION Wisconsin Univ., Madison. Center for Demography and Ecology. SPONS AGENCY Wisconsin Univ., Madison. Graduate School. REPORT NO CDE-WP-2000-08 PUB DATE 2000-07-00 NOTE 97p.; Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (Washington, DC, August 2000). Also supported by the William Vilas Estate Trust. PUB TYPE Reports Evaluative (142) -Speeches/Meeting Papers (150) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC04 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Age Differences; Black Students; Educational Policy; Elementary Secondary Education; Enrollment Trends; *Grade Repetition; Hispanic American Students; *Racial Differences; Social Promotion; *Socioeconomic Status IDENTIFIERS African Americans