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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mississippi also holds kids back in 3rd grade if they are not on grade level, which I think we need to do in FCPS. Kids who are not on grade level should be retained and the earlier they do it the more likely kids will catch up. We are promoting kids for emotional health who then fall further behind, which cannot be good for their emotional health or academic confidence. [/quote]

holding a kid back and create a whole host of other issues: social, emotional, etc. [/quote]

Sure, and when we pat them on the head and pass them along with their peers year after year, eventually they get known as the "slow" kid in the class. Eyes roll when they can't comprehend and everyone has to wait while the teacher explains something they should have learned already.  Or the teacher rolls eyes and moves on without trying to help the student and the kid doesn't learn as much.  The child becomes one that no one wants to do group projects with because they are so far below everyone else.

The kid can take a temporary hit socially and emotionally and have the support needed to get up to speed, or they can be unjustly characterized as "slow" and a burden, never reaching their potential, for the rest of their schooling career.

Then when they are 18+ and have to figure it out with remedial college classes, YouTube instruction or however (if ever) they fix the problem on their own, they will be another person who thinks public school sucks and teachers don't care.

Winning, I guess.[/quote]

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