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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Maybe schools here term things differently.

Terminology I'm used to: 
passing or rising: child earned the grades to go to the next grade 
promoted: child didn't earn the grades to pass, parents insisted that child would not repeat 
retained: child did not earn grades and parents agreed with school to have child repeat
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I've not heard of 'promoted' having any connotation other than passing to the next grade.  A 'rising' 7th grader would only mean the student has finished 6th grade and hasn't started 7th.  Our FCPS elementary school sent invitations to the 6th grade "promotion ceremony".  I'd have to go back and look but I believe that on the final progress report, the teacher must indicate whether the student should be 'promoted' to the next.

I don't know what school system you came from but I can tell you that, at least in this area, it's not typical for a child to repeat a grade.  It has nothing to do with the parents insisting the child be promoted.  It's contrary to school policy and is based on research.  If a child didn't learn adequately the first time around and is not working at grade level, repeating the grade and using the same instructional method is unlikely to yield different results.  The child needs to be evaluated for learning challenges and be taught in a different way.  I've learned a great deal about this because 2 of my kids have IEPs.  I had wanted my youngest held back in preschool (he was in a county run special ed preschool) but the school declined and our advocate said it would be very difficult to get the county change its mind.[/quote]

The move from elementary to middle school in DCPS is called a Promotion Ceremony too. [/quote]

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