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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Nothing wrong with kids having to repeat grades. I mean how do you possibly fail early primary school when there's so little material being taught? They probably should have been held back even earlier to give them a better chance of success later.[/quote]

Sure could should be held back when they’re not performing, but why are they held back in third grade only? Hmm .

It’s so the score is in fourth grade are higher

The program is in its infancy, so I’m sure they’re gonna fix it or I hope[/quote]

Why do you care if some score results are cooked? Those are some backwater areas, let them have a win on this, because they're surely hard pressed to get another one when it comes to education.

And in general, parents are literally the number one reason why normal kids will succeed or fail in school regardless of HHI. No school or teachers will be able to overcome that unless they're sent to boarding schools. This sounds callous but trying to spend all resources on trying to fix that segment of the population (as a third party proxy) will always be at the detriment of the unwealthy average students (because wealthy students have outside resources) and it's unfair that schools actively prevent them from ever being able to catch up to the smarter kids and this negatively impacts their future life achievements. [/quote]

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