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Are there different cultures of retention across Portuguese Regions?

by Diogo Sousa

Institution:	Universidade Nova
Year:	2017
Keywords:	Primary school; Grade retention; Culture of retention; Persistency analysis; Domnio/rea Cientfica::Cincias Sociais::Economia e Gesto
Posted:	02/01/2018
Record ID:	2166509
Full text PDF:	https://www.rcaap.pt/detail.jsp?id=oai:run.unl.pt:10362/22249

Abstract

One of the possible explanations for the high levels of grade retention in Portugal is a prevailingculture retention - the set of beliefs embedded in society regarding the benefits and costs ofgrade retention for pupils - that favours grade retention practice. This paper focuses on checkingwhether the culture of retention differs across Portuguese regions. This phenomenon can beidentified if persistent differences on grade retention rates at the regional level are detected aftercontrolling for grade retention rate determinants. The sample includes all the 4th-grade studentsenrolled in Portuguese public primary schools between 2007 and 2012. Results suggest that 4out of 28 NUTS III2 regions have a regional-specific culture of retention.Advisors/Committee Members: Nunes, Lus Catela.