Sentences with phrase «back third graders»

Arizona, along with Indiana and Oklahoma, recently passed legislation to hold back third graders who are not reading at grade level.

When asked where he stood on his state's initiative to hold back third graders, educational psychologist David Berliner — the Regents Professor of Education at Arizona State University — was blunt in his assessment.

Not exact matches

Won't Back Down Jamie Fitzpatrick (Maggie Gyllenhaal) may not have much, but that doesn't stop the single mother from giving her all to help her dyslexic, third - grader daughter Malia (Emily Alyn Lind) get a chance at a real education.

On top of what seemed a run of desultory news, the University of Chicago researchers reported that, over a period of two years, third graders who were retained did just as poorly as similarly low - performing third graders who weren't held back.

But I'm thinking back to my kids — the third grader who hadn't learned to grasp a pencil and the outwardly confident ninth grader who was hesitant to expose his difficulty reading aloud.

Support personnel work with pre-kindergarten-through-second-grade students with poorly developed reading and writing skills, third graders who were held back, and students moving into sixth and ninth grades.

In commenting on my recent blog post on New York City's ending of social promotion, Fred Smith points out that those third - graders held back in 2004 would not have shown up in 8th grade.

Thousands of third - graders may have a sense of déjà vu on the first day of school this year: The number of states that require third - graders to be held back if they can't read increased to 13 in the last year.

Third - grader Valeria Sanchez sat toward the back of her science class Tuesday, listening as her classmates asked questions about an upcoming assignment.

Another grave concern for educators is the academic gap that would be left by teacher assistants that are primarily tasked with making sure students read on grade level by the third grade — presumably still a significant goal for Senator Berger who was a key driver in the state's Read to Achieve legislation that mandates all third graders read on grade level or be held back from advancing to the fourth grade.

Florida third graders, who fail FCAT are held back and labeled failures in the eyes of the state regardless grade point average.

At the same time, Florida also started «holding back» third graders who were not making reading improvement.

Florida Some Districts Threaten to Hold Back High - Performing Third Graders Who Refused Test http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/gradebook/florida-third-graders-without-reading-test-scores-have-few-options-for/2279102

Fourteen states require that third graders be left back based on poor reading scores.

More than half of North Carolina's third graders could be held back this year as districts work to implement the state's new «Read to Achieve» law.

Legislators are also expected to vote today on other bills supported by Gov. Phil Bryant, including a teacher merit pay pilot program and a literacy bill would hold most third - graders back from advancing to the next grade if they are not on reading level.

But third graders can still be held back if they don't pass a reading test, and high school students will still have to pass a 10th - grade test to graduate.

Gov. Rick Snyder today signed legislation — approved by the Michigan Legislature last month — that would require schools to hold back third - graders who are more than a grade level behind in the subject.

Not all third - graders who are behind would be held back, though.

Most school districts and administrators agree that, rather than simply retaining third graders who are not reading on grade level, the better option is to identify struggling students prior to third grade and provide academic supports and remedial classes to help them get back on track.