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Repeating a grade feels like a second chance, but the evidence says it often makes things worse. These interventions offer what works instead: early literacy help, tutoring, and progress monitoring that catches struggles before retention is on the table. They differ on timing and method, and together they explain why strict hold-back policies backfire.

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