Sentences with phrase «face grade retention»

The law provides a 1 year pause on assigning school grades, but zero relief to students who will still face grade retention, lose electives and be denied diplomas.

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At the same time that thousands of school districts nationwide are beginning to implement the Common Core State Standards in English / language arts, many also face new state reading policies for the early grades that call for the identification of struggling readers, require interventions to help them, and, in some instances, mandate the retention of 3rd graders who lack adequate reading skills.

Faced with a mandate to end social promotion, school officials in St. Paul, Minnesota, realized that they needed to help motivated students in key grades avoid retention.

Many studies have found that children who are expelled or suspended are more likely to experience academic failure and grade retention, drop out of high school, and face juvenile incarceration than those who are not.