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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Public schools make it very hard to retain a child. I’m assuming it’s money but I don’t know all the reasons. It’s HARD. [/quote] Mississippi does not merely retain students unable to read. Those retained students are given extensive special literacy teaching supplements to get them caught up. [/quote] Which could be given without retaining the child. [/quote] 4th grade is "reading to learn", so promoting a student who cannot read sets the student up for guaranteed failure at 4th grade. Not helpful. Note also that Mississippi's primary change was to their literacy curriculum, not the retention aspect: a) intensify literacy education starting in K with letters, numbers, and introduction of Phonics and b) change the literacy curriculum state-wide from Lucy Calkins to Science of Reading. (Hint: this change alone is known to be the biggest impact)[/quote]
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