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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Students that are getting a 1 and 2 on PARCC have no business leaving middle school

They should stay in 8th grade an extra year and catch up

then 9th grade can actually be taught on grade level

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Promotion and PARCC are not related. And there is no data showing that holding a student back in fact helps them catch up.

If you want a version of that policy, send your kid to BASIS.[/quote]

I agree 8th grade is too late

The reality is most kids in DCPS should be held back in K-2 until they can actually read

The gaps need to be fixed early after elementary it's too late

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Can you point to any data showing the holding kids back improves their outcomes long term?  I'm not an expert, but whenever I've seen experts talk about this, they seem to say that holding kids back increases drop out rates and lowers achievement.

Meeting kids where they are with appropriate engaging material seems to me to be what's needed.  If I were designing a high school, I'd have kids do everything on Khan Academy and progress at their own rate, but doubtless that's been tried and has its own issues.[/quote]

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