Grade retention

Jennings, Lerner and Caldwell (2014). Emergent literacy, word recognition accuracy, reading fluency, comprehension and language and meaning vocabulary (pg. 95-96). I think the major problems in reading may occur in decoding, comprehension, and retention. Children who are diagnosed with learning difficulties have a primary problem with reading and related language skills. Through my readings and class discussion, I have learned that reading difficulties are neurodevelopmental in nature.…

Retention is a very serious decision that shouldn’t be made lightly. I firmly believe that retention should be used when all other methods have been extinguished. Is it a choice? Yes, it is. It should be used in extreme cases. I believe that retention is an option because in some cases it’s the only method left. If administrators, counselors, and educators all provide different methods for a struggling student and that student still doesn’t meet the criteria set forth then no other option is…

Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) “Employees on FMLA leave are protected against the reduction of force unless the employer can prove that the employee would have lost their position if not on FMLA leave status” (HRhero). Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). USERRA requires employers to reinstate returning members of military services to the jobs. If the military employee had not received protected by USERRA, the employer would not hold their position. To…

When we measure success by retention rates, and degree attainment, it is evident that black men seek community colleges and 2-year institutions in search of success but are often left shorthanded. In his essay entitled “Satisfaction and Retention Among African American Men at Two-Year Community Colleges”, Terrell L. Strayhorn ascribes this lack of success to the lack of academic preparation…

Employee retention refers to the technique employed by organization, in order to let employees, stick for long in the organisation, hence achieving low turnover, this is done by altering their HR policies and practices which are favourable to the employees. Employee retention has become a major problem these days, as every organization invests a lot of time, money, efforts and resources to recruit and groom employees and develop their skills in order to make him at par with existing employees.…

article relating to teacher workplace satisfaction and turnover. The research finding titled “The Effects of Leadership and High-Stakes Testing on Teacher Retention” (Thibodeaux,Labat Lee,Labat, 2015) delves into the realm of the effects on teacher retention and high stakes testing. High stakes testing refers to tests given to students in various grade levels across various subjects. These tests are used to hold teachers, not students, accountable. These tests were created in order to ensure…

evidence to the fact that being exposed to higher level questions forced students to gain a deeper understanding of the text, and ultimately led to better retention of information and facts. Unfortunately, a large percentage of standardized test focus on asking lower level questions. However, factual recall exams don’t actually promote retention of facts and information (Jensen et al., 2014). As best stated by Jensen “giving factual recall exams does students a disservice.” If the US wants to…

College Impact and Retention Theory Research on college impact and retention theory has been conducted for over seventy years (Braxton, 2000). However, the greatest progress has taken place in the last three decades, with the promulgation of Tinto’s Internationalist Theory (1975). Researchers have conducted studies using economics (Cabrera, Stampen, & Hansen, 1990; St. John & Noell, 1989), organizational (Bean 1980, 1982), psychological (Brower 1992; Stage 1989), and sociological (Rootman, 1972)…

1. Measuring fluid retention in legs. The long - term nursing facility has contracted with the community hospital to care for patients recovering from heart failure. Many of the nurses in the long – term care have requested a refresher inservice on how to assess and measure for fluid retention in a patient’s legs. Training for the nurse is necessary before the facility can accept patients. 2. Nutrition assessment of the oral cavity. The goal of this professional development program is to train…

take leadership roles in future games, though will not have the lasting power of freshmen players. Problems and Opportunities Currently, the University of Georgia chapter of Humans v. Zombies struggles with attracting new players and player retention. They will have a few players from each year sign up, but the next semester, most of those numbers drop. This results in a shortage of leadership in later years, as there are not as many capable juniors and seniors who are willing to organize…