Effect of Retention in First Grade on Parents' Educational Expectations and Children's Academic Outcomes. Academic Article

abstract

• The effect of retention in first grade (Year 1) on parents' educational expectations was tested in a sample of 530 ethnically diverse and academically at-risk children. Participants attended one of three school districts in Texas. Of the 530 children, 118 were retained in first grade. Retention had a negative effect on parent expectations in Year 2, which was maintained in Year 3. Year 2 parent expectations partially mediated the effect of retention in first grade on Year 3 reading and math achievement and child academic self-efficacy. All effects controlled for Year 1 measures of the outcome. Results were similar across gender, economic adversity, and ethnicity. Implications for minimizing the negative effect of retention on parents' expectations are suggested.

authors

• Kwok, Oi-Man

published proceedings

• Am Educ Res J

altmetric score

• 14.1

author list (cited authors)

• Hughes, J. N., Kowk, O., & Im, M.

citation count

• 16

complete list of authors

• Hughes, Jan N||Kowk, Oi-Man||Im, Myunghee

publication date

• December 2013

publisher

• American Educational Research Association (AERA)  Publisher

published in

• American Educational Research Journal  Journal

keywords

• Achievement
• Elementary Students
• Engagement
• Grade Retention
• Parent Educational Expectations
• Perceived Competence

PubMed Central ID

• 24357865

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.3102/0002831213490784

start page

• 1336

end page

• 1359

volume

• 50

issue

• 6

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.3102%2F0002831213490784