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Re: Mandatory summer school
Posted by Kim/AR/math on 8/05/08
I thought students who failed the state test were required
to receive remediation, but the states had control over how
how that is implemented.
In AR, each district/school decides how remediation will be
implemented. My school has double blocked math and English
classes in the past. I liked the double blocking, and saw it
as beneficial to those students who were below grade level.
I can't speak to the effectiveness of summer school, but I
agree with you that those long summers put some students
further behind. I think that is one of the reasons that many
schools are going to year round schools.
One complaint about NCLB that I read alot is that it expects
every child to learn at the same rate. Teachers complain
that students are being tested on material that they are not
ready for. This argument always astounds me. What is wrong
with testing 4th graders on 4th grade material, 5th graders
on 5th grade material etc? If a student can not do 4th grade
work, then why is he in 4th grade? (I am not speaking about
sped students here.)
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Mandatory summer school, 8/03/08, by AYP rates.
- Re: Mandatory summer school, 8/04/08, by Tessa- 1st / FL.
- Re: Mandatory summer school, 8/05/08, by Kim/AR/math.
- Re: Mandatory summer school, 8/06/08, by Tessa- FL.
- Re: Mandatory summer school, 8/08/08, by Kim/AR/math.
- Re: Mandatory summer school, 8/08/08, by Tessa- FL.
- Re: Mandatory summer school, 8/08/08, by Kim/AR/math.
- Re: Mandatory summer school, 8/08/08, by Tessa- FL.
- Re: Mandatory summer school, 8/17/08, by OP.
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