H. Wayne Light
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H. Wayne Light, Ph.D. (born 1945) is an academic and author. He is known as the author of Light's Retention Scale, a counseling tool designed to help parents and teachers determine whether a child should be retained.
Light's Retention Scale was first published in 1977, with four subsequent revisions. Used for children in kindergarten through high school, the test evaluates a student in nineteen categories, including attendance, intelligence, motivation, academic performance, and several other factors.[1] Physical size, gender, and age are also taken into account.
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- ^ Education Resources Information Center. U.S. Department of Education. Retrieved on 2006-10-25.
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The Light's Retention Scale was revised during 2006 and now lists 20 different areas one should consider before deciding to retain a child in grade. More than two million copies have been sold and this scale is used by 80% of the elementary schools in North America.
