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Making grades meaningless so that everyone advances is doing a disservice to kids' education. (media.piefed.world)

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[–] FaygoRedPop@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

Right. But while 4th grade has great literacy results, 3rd grade has 38 students per class who are deficient in reading now. How long can that last?

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[–] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 12 points 7 months ago

I mean, in theory, they learn during the repeated year and become part of the great literacy results of the 4th grade.

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