When my oldest was in ES, we were told the kids got "weighted" grades. I don't know what that means, but as a practical matter, my son got Bs in Reading when he was completely unable to read. In MS, grades were no longer weighted and there were definitely some failing grades. Same in HS. Thing is, high school is more like college in that you have to take a bunch of classes - some defined, some out of a selection in a subject matter and some electives. If a class has a prerequisite, you have to take the prerequisite first. But, if not, you can take the classes in any order you want. So, if you fail some classes, you just pick them up later instead of repeating a grade. But, if you fail, the class doesn't count.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a teacher and I've have kids who have failed every subject. You would think that would make them automatically fail the grade and have to repeat it. You would be wrong. Some of those kids will not be retained and will move on to the next grade against his/her teachers' objections.

Is this because of "no child left behind?"

Made me laugh. I should provide link to information on the policy rather than just laugh. A lot of schools push kids through it is very dependent on the school and the parents.

http://www2.ed.gov/nclb/overview/intro/execsumm.html

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a teacher and I've have kids who have failed every subject. You would think that would make them automatically fail the grade and have to repeat it. You would be wrong. Some of those kids will not be retained and will move on to the next grade against his/her teachers' objections.

Is this because of "no child left behind?"

I am the teacher who posted this. It is mostly because our principal makes the final call and can only hold back a certain number of students. It is ridiculous and chances are, the same thing will happen the following year.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a teacher and I've have kids who have failed every subject. You would think that would make them automatically fail the grade and have to repeat it. You would be wrong. Some of those kids will not be retained and will move on to the next grade against his/her teachers' objections.

Is this because of "no child left behind?"

No.

Anonymous wrote:I'm a teacher and I've have kids who have failed every subject. You would think that would make them automatically fail the grade and have to repeat it. You would be wrong. Some of those kids will not be retained and will move on to the next grade against his/her teachers' objections.

Is this because of "no child left behind?"

I'm a teacher and I've have kids who have failed every subject. You would think that would make them automatically fail the grade and have to repeat it. You would be wrong. Some of those kids will not be retained and will move on to the next grade against his/her teachers' objections.

Anonymous wrote:Yes but all they are giving kids is needs improvement and not an F grade. I'm wondering if they just push the kid up to the next grade instead of failing them?

You mean repeat a grade? I think it would depend on the school. It also isn't the worse thing in the world if a kid needs to repeat.

Yes but all they are giving kids is needs improvement and not an F grade. I'm wondering if they just push the kid up to the next grade instead of failing them?

I'm not understanding the question. A child's failing grade means that they fail..

What about the elementary years?

yes, of course

At the college level, yes.

yes

In high school, definitely yes.

I know things have changed a lot since I was in school. So I'm wondering if teachers are able to fail a student if they are constantly getting failing grades?