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[quote=Anonymous]I was a third grade teacher for 8 years before moving on to middle school. It was amazing to me how many students could not read. I am talking about basic sight words. Retaining in third grade, to me, does not solve the problem. Students showed a consistent pattern of not being able to read in those foundational years of k-2. Hold them back then. Giving students intervention in third grade but they still have to meet the third grade standards for the year is so pointless. If they are reading on a kindergarten level in first, second and third, then they should have been held back in first. But we don’t do that. The go to is always, well let’s wait and see, they will catch up, the parents don’t agree so we have to move them on. Primary years are k-2 and intermediate years are 3-5. All students should have to test out of primary years before moving into the intermediate years or in other words, this grade. Children should be held back no more than two years with intensive interventions before deciding to move them on.[/quote]

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