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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are crucial decisions about diploma vs certificate made in fifth 4th/5th grade? Why is that the point in which it is decided that a kid will stay in the county services til 21? Or won't get a diploma?
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Kids can't be more than two grade levels behind for more than 3 years.  If they continue to be more than two grade levels behind their peers, they have to be in a different "learning model."[/quote]

If they make rapid progress after fifth grade, can they switch tracks?[/quote]

I don't think the system is set up so that a child who is, for example, in the community-based curriculum, would be able to rapidly progress and get to grade level at the sixth grade.  At that level, the community based kids are not handling academic subjects.  And this isn't like vocational vs. college track.  It's not like taking a few extra history and math courses and you catch up.  Kids on certificate track lack some basic literacy skills, often not learning how to read at all beyond kindergarten level or not learning much beyond kindergarten math.[/quote]

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