vertraging

English translation: repetition (rates)

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Dutch term or phrase:	vertraging
English translation:	repetition (rates)
Entered by:	Kitty Brussaard

19:08 Jun 15, 2009

Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Education / Pedagogy

Dutch term or phrase: vertraging

"Zowel het onderzoek naar bijvoorbeeld de verdeling van onderwijskansen als dat naar schooleffectiviteit richtte zich overwegend op leerprestaties, ... vertraging en uitval."

'Uitval' is the number of students who dropout. (Is dropout a formal term?). I'm assuming 'vertraging' is when a student has to stay back a year; but is there a formal term?

Oliver Pekelharing KudoZ activity Questions: 39 (none open) (6 closed without grading) Answers: 159 Netherlands
Local time: 03:17

repetition (rates)

Explanation:
As in 'The research mainly focused on (...) dropout and repetition (rates)'. See also the examples below.

Analyses of cost should be set against projected efficiency savings to the education system of reduced dropout and repetition. Donor agencies should support ...
http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/en/docs/The_Use_of_Languag...

Enrolment is high, but attendance is erratic, with high repetition and dropout rates (girls are least likely to complete primary education). ...
http://www.idd.bham.ac.uk/research/dissertations/01-02/Vince...

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Kitty Brussaard
Netherlands
Local time: 03:17

Grading comment

This did indeed fit best in my text, and the references bared the closest resemblance to the subject matter. Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +3

repeat year

Bruce Gordon

4 +1

repetition (rates)

Kitty Brussaard

hold back

Lianne van de Ven

+/- out-of-year placement, 'retaining' pupils

Chris Hopley

Summary of reference entries provided

repeat year

Kate Hudson (X)

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

10 mins confidence:

hold back

Explanation:
Child psychiatric disorder and relative age in school year ...
There is no research showing that holding back on psychiatric grounds helps any ... Child psychiatric disorder and relative age within school year: cross ..
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1286

Holding kids back a year in school - The Conversation Cafe Forums
10 posts - 8 authors - Last post: May 1, 2005
I would also only hold back academically. One of my DDs is late July .... one week of the start of the public school year) and a teacher who ...
http://www.theconversationcafe.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1...

Lianne van de Ven
United States
Local time: 21:17
Native speaker of:

Dutch
PRO pts in category: 52

16 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

repeat year

Explanation:
I've certainly heard this phrase used in secondary education circles (my sister is a principal guidance teacher), but most of the web references seem to be to college/university, as the example below.

Reference: http://www.paisley.ac.uk/schoolsdepts/studentservices/fundin...

Bruce Gordon
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:17
Native speaker of: English

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

repetition (rates)

Kitty Brussaard
Netherlands
Local time: 03:17
Native speaker of:

Dutch
PRO pts in category: 50

Grading comment

This did indeed fit best in my text, and the references bared the closest resemblance to the subject matter. Thanks!

13 hrs confidence:

+/- out-of-year placement, 'retaining' pupils

Explanation:
Although 'held back' is probably the most widely used general term, education statisticians (in the UK at least) refer to 'out-of-year placement' of children or 'retaining children', i.e. the children in question are not in the year they should be based on their age. While in majority of cases, this refers to being held back, the term itself does also cover children who are placed ahead a year.

-> "5 Nationally, about 0.3% of Y1-Y10 children are out of the correct NC [=National Curriculum] Year for their chronological age (DfES data for 2005-06). If we consider only the corresponding mainstream pupils in Staffordshire, we see the following pattern of ‘out-of-year’ placements...."
http://education.staffordshire.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/2B1DA631-...

-> "11 There is little evidence of benefit from retaining children in a class with a lower age group. There is some evidence of short-term improvements in achievement, but this then declines to below that of non-retained peers. Long-term effects include increased “drop-out rates” and poorer academic achievement, poorer self-esteem, and lower rates of school attendance, as compared with non-retained peers."
http://education.staffordshire.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/2B1DA631-...

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Note added at 13 hrs (2009-06-16 09:03:34 GMT)
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PS: re your query on 'drop-out', the second quote does show the use of 'drop-out' in a formal text, although interestingly this particular author does feel the need to enclose the term in speech marks.

Chris Hopley
Netherlands
Local time: 03:17
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 68

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks for your help, however, I'm pretty sure that 'vertraging' only refers to students who are held back, not those who skip a year, so these terms are in fact too general!

Reference comments

1 hr peer agreement (net): +1

Reference: repeat year

Reference information:
Should my child repeat a year at school or not? -- Family Matters
In later years, it is best for a child to repeat a year at another .... school starts at year 1 than from 1 to 2 or primary to high school. ...
www.ronitbaras.com/index.php/focus-on-the-family/parenting-... -my-child-repeat-a-year-at-school-or-not/ - Cached - Similar -
Deciding if your child should repeat a grade level in school ...
Homework & Testing · Learning Styles & Skills · Primary School Issues ... Clearly repeating a grade level carries a connotation from peers, parents, and others of ... Ideally, a child will complete one school grade per year. ...
www.helium.com/knowledge/2762-deciding-if-your-child-should... grade-level-in-school - Cached - Similar -
How to prepare a child for repeating a grade - by Fay Isnor - Helium
Repeating a grade in school is a major blow to a child. ... Then we would talk about a friend of his who repeated the grade this year. ...
www.helium.com/items/585765-how-to-prepare-a-child-for-repe... grade

Kate Hudson (X)
Netherlands
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 66

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