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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Google the pros and cons of the Mississippi miracle.

This has been discussed ad nauseam.

Be prepared for your child to be held back in 3rd to ensure test scores in 4th are high.[/quote]

This is a good thing.  One of my relatives was held back twice during his education when being held back was common.
He ended up with a highly successful business became a 1%er.  I'd rather have literate graduates than graduates that cannot write a sentence.  I employed 10 high school grads in Maryland.  Two were illiterate including the supervisor. I asked her to write a recommendation letter for someone we had to lay off. It was sad. The supervisor was illiterate and could not write a sentence. I had to rewrite the complete document.  Clearly no teachers had ever corrected her sentences or paragraphs during her Maryland public education.[/quote]

You realize that holding someone back would not have stopped someone from graduating illiterate.

We need programs for dyslexic kids. Those people are probably dyslexic.[/quote]

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