Sentences with phrase «grade literacy retention»

Mississippi's governor, Phil Bryant, for example, championed a third grade literacy retention law in 2013.

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We also are working to prevent retentions before they even occur, by targeting high - retention schools and implementing an intensive literacy program in the early grades.

A report on third - grade literacy policies by the Education Commission of the States (ECS), published in March 2012, outlined what can go wrong with strict retention policies:

In Tulsa, Oklahoma, New Jersey, and Boston, pre-kindergarten programs demonstrate impressive outcomes that include positive effects on math scores, grade retention, and chronic absenteeism at the end of grade 8; increased achievement on language arts, literacy, math, and science, as well as decreased grade retention and special education placement at the end of grade 5; and stronger than typical impacts on academic readiness (effect sizes in the 0.4 — 0.6 range) at school entry.

An ongoing study of New Jersey's pre-K program finds that attending the program reduces grade retention and improves language, literacy and math skills.

Children enter school with different levels of skill, and these initial differences often affect children's subsequent language growth, cognitive development, literacy and academic achievement.6, 7,8 Children who exhibit delays at the onset of schooling are at risk for early academic difficulties and are also more likely to experience grade retention, special education placement, and failure to complete high school.9, 10,11