Submitted by Ben (not verified) on August 8, 2007 - 20:36.
Research shows that if a child is kept behind for a year, he or she has about a fifty percent greater chance of dropping out before graduation. Is this really what our goal is? And in reality, is the art of testing actaully well enough developed that we are going to gamble on this? I would rather see a student come close, and be rewarded, than not be able to find a decent job. They are already being shipped overseas by this lame, short-sighted administation as quickly as they can do it.
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Submitted by Ben (not verified) on August 8, 2007 - 20:36.
Research shows that if a child is kept behind for a year, he or she has about a fifty percent greater chance of dropping out before graduation. Is this really what our goal is? And in reality, is the art of testing actaully well enough developed that we are going to gamble on this? I would rather see a student come close, and be rewarded, than not be able to find a decent job. They are already being shipped overseas by this lame, short-sighted administation as quickly as they can do it.