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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]On the last ELA PARCC at Wilson, 
42% of the school was BELOW grade level.

Grade level is a really low standard.  Have you seen these tests?  
And yet, it's a good idea to put all these kids in a college level English class in 11th grade?  Many can't even read.  [/quote]

An elementary teacher should not be allowed to promote a student to the next grade level unless the student has demonstrated proficiency at the current level.

Why are these teachers just passing the buck?

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[b]DCPS teachers are not allowed to hold kids back.  We are also penalized on IMPACT if we give failing grades[/b].[/quote]

Sorry for the sidebar but would any of the teachers reading this thread be willing to help explain the rationale behind why social promotion/D-minus minimum is better? Especially before 4th grade? Is there a lot of evidence on this?[/quote]

Teachers have no say in this, but the rationale would be it doesn't look good to fail or retain students.  And there's no written policy, but we quickly figure it out from the CSC rubric.[/quote]

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