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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think this was a state recommendation and then they backtracked. So you do not have to worry on that front at least.[/quote]

More on this here: https://foxbaltimore.com/news/project-baltimore/marylands-proposed-reading-retention-policy-adjusted-to-offer-parents-more-control-carey-right-third-grade-reading-retention-msde

"After receiving 'close to 1,000 comments of explicit feedback' from the public, MSDE, this week, adjusted the policy. The new language still retains students who are not reading at grade level. But parents would now have the right to 'waive' a school district’s decision to keep the child in third grade, as long as the parent approves additional academic supports – such as summer school."

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Parents should not be allowed to waive the school districts recommendation unless the student is coded as Spec Ed and not on the graduation track.  Otherwise, there should be a group of students who are identified as being on the cusp for whom additional academic summer support would likely bring them up to grade level and those be notified as being required to participate in summer academic support or be retained.

By the end of third grade families and districts need to get on-board with education and interventions.[/quote]

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