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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mississippi also holds kids back in 3rd grade if they are not on grade level, which I think we need to do in FCPS. Kids who are not on grade level should be retained and the earlier they do it the more likely kids will catch up. We are promoting kids for emotional health who then fall further behind, which cannot be good for their emotional health or academic confidence. [/quote]Grade level in what? Anything? What if you have a child that is dyslexic and below grade level for eye reading, but if they listen to the story, they are well above grade level in terms of understanding, language, vocabulary?  What about math, what if you have a kid who is several grade levels above for math, but below grade level for printing?  [/quote]

If the kid cannot read or pass the state math standards by 3rd grade, they are held back and given intense remediation.

They are not holding just holding back to flunk the kids.

Did you even read the article or any of the hundreds of others about what is called the "Mississippi Miracle"?  Mississippi has been the talk of education (in a great way) for the past few years.  What they have accomplished there, by going back to basics and by failing 3rd graders who cannot read or do math is astounding and should be copied everywhere with struggling schools.

Having a handful of kids who cannot read or do basic foundational math by 3rd grade is expected, due to learning disabilities.

Schools graduating entire classes of hundreds of 18 year olds, where 50-80% of them cannot read or do math beyond beyond a 3rd grade level, which includes a majority of our urban school districts, is a moral failure.

Google Mississippi Miracle and actually read about it.  I guarantee you will be impressed.[/quote]

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