Produced by the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean, TERCE in sight is geared to all those stakeholders involved in the topics of education, especially decision-makers. Its objective is to provide elements of analysis about a topic in particular that forms part of the findings of the Third Regional Comparative and Explanatory Study (TERCE), and that allows for the guiding of decisions about educational policy in the region.
N°1, November 2015
Is grade repetition effective?
The results of the Third Regional Comparative and Explanatory Study, TERCE, suggest that, in Latin America, students who have repeated a grade at least once score lower results on all exams overall, above all in mathematics and reading.
