University of California Professor to Discuss Grade Retention Impact

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Paco Martorell

Paco Martorell, an assistant professor of education policy at the University California, Davis, will give a lecture titled "The Impacts of Grade Retention: Evidence from New York City" at noon Friday, April 14, on the University of Arkansas campus.

The lecture is part of the Department of Education Reform lecture series. RSVP online for lunch on the lecture website. Deadline to RSVP is 1 p.m. the Wednesday before the lecture. It will take place in Room 343 of the Graduate Education Building.

Martorell has broad research interests in both higher education and kindergarten through 12th grade policy. His current projects cover areas including developmental education in colleges, the effects of grade retention, the returns to for-profit colleges, the impact of school facility investments, and community college tuition subsidies. He also has conducted research on health care including studies examining the economic costs of dementia as well as research on the economic and educational consequences of military service.