During a Parent-Teacher Conference with the Smiths,Mrs

Multiple Choice

During a parent-teacher conference with the Smiths,Mrs.Thompson expresses concern about their daughter Mary's academic progress.Mary has fallen so far behind that Mrs.Thompson suggests the possibility of having Mary repeat fourth grade.The process of holding students back rather than passing them to the next grade is called

A) retention.
B) academic prevention.
C) social delay.
D) demotion.