Skull Pilot
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Back to the OP - if a child cannot read or write in 4th grade, should he or she be promoted? The general rule of thumb here is no retention past third grade. Is that good policy?
Yes.
First, if a kid in the 4th grade cannot read or write, then they need a heluva lotta remediation. This is gonna be necessary in whatever grade they are placed. Why not let it happen in 5th grade?
Why not just grade on a curve?
that way the only students who get shit on for all their hard work are the good students while the rest of the class skates by leeching off of someone else's efforts.. Kinda like the USA today
nothing irks me more than social promotion and grade scaling.