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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This sounds unfair except if they are going to offer kids struggling in K/1 more reading supports.[/quote]

In Mississippi, they DID offer more reading supports - and a better Phonics-centered curriculum - and early screening for LD.

If the person behind this came from MS, where a literacy miracle occurred, then I would expect all of those to be part of the package. [/quote]

I thought I read something about the data for Mississippi being bogus. The data excludes the kids that failed I think?[/quote]

No. Data is from Mississippi on the NAEP, which is a nationwide standardized test. Not bogus. [/quote]

But isn't it administered in 4th grade? So the kids that are retained in 3rd don't take it?[/quote]

They would take it the following year, after retention. Those kids don’t drop out of the stats, but they have an extra year of instruction by the time they take the text. Which I guess is the point - they needed it. Almost every child - 95% can learn to read with appropriate and appropriately intensive instruction. If that begins in K and carries on every year and over summers if need be there should be no need to have any child repeat a year.

I think the purpose isn’t to punish the child or to make any child repeat the year. I think the purpose is to force school systems, school administrators, and teachers to change how reading is taught. Failing to promote 60% of a class would be untenable, so the schools will have to overhaul their programs to prevent it.[/quote]

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