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grade retention

process of having a student repeat an educational course
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grade retention

Summary

grade retention ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (661 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • grade retention is a type of social procedure[2].
  • grade retention is the opposite of promotion[3].
  • grade retention's facet of is recorded as school[4].

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Definition and Type

grade retention is a type of social procedure[2]. It is the opposite of promotion[3].

Why It Matters

grade retention ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (661 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[5] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[6]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). grade retention. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/grade-retention
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_grade-retention_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{grade retention}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/grade-retention}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 13h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → school
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → social procedure
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007535906505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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