H. Wayne Light

H. Wayne Light

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. [cite web | title =Education Resources Information Center | publisher =U.S. Department of Education | url =http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/Home.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=RecordDetails&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED191895&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=eric_accno&objectId=0900000b800fcc5c | accessdate =2006-10-25 ] Physical size, gender, and age are also taken into account.

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