tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580376204838202307.post5588344172437419526..comments2024-01-10T12:18:54.596-05:00Comments on Northeast Indiana Friends of Public Education: Florida Privatizer Stumps for BennettNEIFPEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04785540458733702680noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580376204838202307.post-2207081927685379752012-04-25T21:26:13.410-04:002012-04-25T21:26:13.410-04:00And regardless of any of the above information, it...And regardless of any of the above information, it is now law in Indiana that any childin does not pass the IREAD test in third grade must be retained. So your number 1 problem is being addressed. No knowledgeable educator with whom i've come in contact actually thinks that will have any effect except to increase the drop out rate. The real problem is poverty, plain and simple.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03496669397875107435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580376204838202307.post-61494036316299089482012-04-24T17:31:39.969-04:002012-04-24T17:31:39.969-04:00First, estimates are that about a third of all stu...First, estimates are that about a third of all students currently in public schools have been retained in grade at least once. It's not impossible to do...in fact, it's fairly common. In Texas for example, the 9th grade retention rate is about 10%...at first grade it's about 5% (http://www.tea.state.tx.us/acctres/retention_index.html). Across all grade levels in Texas it's about 3%, as it is in Indiana and nationally (http://www.soc.umn.edu/~warre046/Warren%20&%20Saliba.pdf)<br /><br />Second, retention as an intervention to improve learning, doesn't have a very good research basis. Most research on the topic shows that students who are retained to not do better in future years beyond the retention year. In addition, studies show that the most common result of grade retention is an increase in the likelihood that a student will drop out of school altogether.<br /><br />A better way to deal with poor student achievement in school than either retention or social promotion, is early intervention. Early intervention programs help...they cost money, but it's money well spent and society saves money in the long run.Stuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15854925612517206979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580376204838202307.post-27484477165091397752012-04-24T16:45:46.343-04:002012-04-24T16:45:46.343-04:00Perhaps, if the single biggest issue to reform wer...Perhaps, if the single biggest issue to reform were addressed,we could see improvement. there is no retention policy in any schools public or private below 8th grade. you will be passed to the next grade whether you are in school every day or on,y half the time. You will move up a grade if you can't read, write. spell, do addition and subtraction, or be able to maintain your attention or be socially appropriate. At the high school level, more or less the same and then you have many issues that keep you from being able to catch up so you either graduate with many D's or you drop out. change the community's expectations of what is acceptable and give the public schools support to educate students who attend school and are expected to do the work to learn. Skills to learn are taught but can't be taught if you are not in school or won't apply yourself. There are mistakes in this writing but the program will not let me go back to edit. Sorry, hate to send it out this poorly.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14273565996311648353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580376204838202307.post-90671992179024601842012-04-23T14:39:38.041-04:002012-04-23T14:39:38.041-04:00It's ironic that a proponent of education shou...It's ironic that a proponent of education should misuse the word "supersede" here. She says Louisiana is trying to supersede Indiana in its educational reforms. I doubt that she means "replace in power . . . set aside as void." She probably means "exceed." But that's okay. We teachers in the state of Indiana have grown quite accustomed to a great deal of ignorance on the part of people pretending to be very knowledgeable about education.Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10926677553712737519noreply@blogger.com