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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The reason PP wants kids retained if they're not working at grade level isn't for their benefit - it's for his/her kid. We don't want kids in the class who can't do the work - because that slows down the class and our kids aren't engaged and aren't learning to work hard.

We want tracking - but OP is asking what a school has to offer so that higher SES parents will enroll their children in schools with (economically and racially) integrated classrooms. I don't think there is anything that would do this.[/quote]

How does passing a child who is "not working at grade level" benefit the child? [/quote]

There is research that shows retaining a child reduces their likelihood of graduating when compared to children with similar academic profiles who were not retained.[/quote]

Would you rather have them graduate illiterate and unemployable? So many high SES families try to redshirt their kids, I don't see why a one year repeat wouldn't be good for kids who have slipped through the cracks.[/quote]

Of course graduating illiterate and unemployable children is not the goal.

But, generally speaking, if you just present the same material in the very same way to students who failed to master it the first time, you won't get better outcomes. And depending on the grade level, you introduce all sorts of negative psychological and social issues.

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