оставлен на второй год

English translation: held back (grade retention)

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Russian term or phrase:оставлен на второй год
English translation:held back (grade retention)
Entered by: marina_mars

16:08 Apr 24, 2017
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Linguistics / школьный диплом
Russian term or phrase: оставлен на второй год
в школе
marina_mars
United States
Local time: 17:49
held back (grade retention)
Explanation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grade_retention
Repeaters can be referred to as having been "held back". Students do not necessarily repeat the grade in the same classroom, but it will be the same grade.

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New research suggests repeating elementary school grades — even ...
educationbythenumbers.org/.../new-research-failing-students_2034/
Even as the low quality research kept showing that holding kids back was bad, a growing chorus of critics urged schools to end “social ...

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Note added at 1 day14 hrs (2017-04-26 06:17:32 GMT) Post-grading
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Cпасибо.
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Erzsébet Czopyk
Hungary
Local time: 23:49
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Summary of answers provided
4 +7held back (grade retention)
Erzsébet Czopyk
4 +5has to repeat a year/grade
Tatiana Grehan


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
has to repeat a year/grade


Explanation:
IMHO

Tatiana Grehan
United States
Local time: 18:49
Works in field
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lazyt3ch
2 mins
  -> Спасибо, Рашид!

agree  mrrafe
9 mins
  -> Thank you!

agree  Anzhelika Kuznetsova
1 hr
  -> Спасибо, Анжелика!

agree  Sasha Spencer
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Sasha!

agree  Oleg Lozinskiy
2 hrs
  -> Спасибо, Олег!
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
held back (grade retention)


Explanation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grade_retention
Repeaters can be referred to as having been "held back". Students do not necessarily repeat the grade in the same classroom, but it will be the same grade.

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Note added at 7 mins (2017-04-24 16:15:55 GMT)
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New research suggests repeating elementary school grades — even ...
educationbythenumbers.org/.../new-research-failing-students_2034/
Even as the low quality research kept showing that holding kids back was bad, a growing chorus of critics urged schools to end “social ...

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Note added at 1 day14 hrs (2017-04-26 06:17:32 GMT) Post-grading
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Cпасибо.

Erzsébet Czopyk
Hungary
Local time: 23:49
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lazyt3ch
4 mins
  -> Cпасибо большое за поддeржку!

agree  Mikhail Kropotov: Yep, simply "Grade retention" would do.
5 mins
  -> Cпасибо большое за поддeржку!

agree  mrrafe: Yes, or repeat. But if I saw "grade retention" I would have to think for a moment to get the meaning.
15 mins
  -> Thank you for your support.

agree  Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.: held back/retained in grade
27 mins
  -> Thank you, my Master! <3

agree  Anzhelika Kuznetsova
1 hr
  -> Cпасибо большое за поддeржку!

agree  Oleg Lozinskiy
2 hrs
  -> Cпасибо большое за поддeржку!

agree  Anfamoskva (X)
21 hrs
  -> Cпасибо большое за поддeржку!
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