Working to give students the opportunity to reach high standards of learning demands that educators and state and local leaders take responsibility for ending the practice of social promotion where students are allowed to continue to pass through school with their peers without satisfying academic requirements or meeting performance indicators at key grades.
Research indicates, and common sense confirms, that passing students on to the next grade when they are unprepared neither increases student achievement nor properly prepares students for college and future employment.(1) At the same time, research also shows that holding students back ...