However, in transition grades (e.g., entering high school) more families participate. (educationnext.org)
At Monday's School Board meeting, district officials shared with board members five focus areas for improving the program: identifying advanced learners; teaching advanced learners; communicating the needs of advanced learners with parents, within schools and between schools as students transition grade levels; staffing; and overall assessment of the advanced learning program. (host.madison.com)
However, evidence presented in the report sheds doubt these large test score increases: according to an Education Writers Association study, when neighborhood schools were restored, the superintendent in Oklahoma City reduced the number of low - achievers taking the standardized tests by increasing the number of students retained (or «flunked») and implementing transition grades (in which students repeat all or part of the previous grade). (gse.harvard.edu)