5,820 Dade students could fail third grade

flashl

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Thu May-22-08 11:37 AM
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5,820 Dade students could fail third grade

Although scores improved, up to 5,820 Miami-Dade students may not be promoted because they failed the test

Miami-Dade third-graders performed better this year than last on the crucial FCAT reading test -- but about one in five still face repeating third grade for failing the statewide exam.

In Miami-Dade, 21 percent of third-graders failed the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test in reading, down from nearly 25 percent last year. In Broward, 16 percent failed, compared to 19 percent last year. Statewide, 16 percent of the 204,251 third-graders who took the test failed this year compared to 19 percent last year.

Still, many of those 5,820 students will be promoted because they have passed other reading tests, have disabilities or are learning English.

The good news: This year, 67 percent of students in Miami-Dade performed at or above grade level on the reading test, up from 63 percent in 2007. In Broward and also the state as a whole, 72 percent of third-graders performed at or above grade level.

Miami Herald

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no_hypocrisy

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Thu May-22-08 11:38 AM
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1. Leave No Child Behind = Mission Accomplished

* managed to destroy public education under the guise of saving it.

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GodlessBiker

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Thu May-22-08 11:39 AM
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2. But their votes should be counted.

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DS1

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Thu May-22-08 11:52 AM
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3. No way. They caucused

It was the swingset kids vs the kickball kids

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proud2BlibKansan

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Thu May-22-08 06:50 PM
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4. Lots of research going back many years indicates retention does not work

http://www.fairtest.org/chicago-retention-policy-still-failure

http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/retain.index.htm

http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/040415/retention.shtml

Hundreds of studies in the last two decades have concluded that holding children back has no long-term academic benefit, that within two years retained students once again lag behind classmates, and that retained students are more likely to drop out of high school.
Florida's own Department of Education issued a report in the early 1990's warning against retention: "Research on the subject is clear. Grade level retention does not work. Further, it would be difficult to find another educational practice on which the research findings are so unequivocally negative."
http://www.felixsalmon.com/000166.html

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LWolf

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Sun May-25-08 04:46 PM
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7. Thanks, Proud.

I was just going to point this out, but you did it for me. :hi:

Social promotion exists because retention doesn't improve anything, and because there are no other alternate programs to put students in when they fail.

Preaching to the choir, of course:

Reduce class size to a max of 15 in any classroom.

Increase number of instructional days, but not length of days. Decrease the amount we have to "cover" in that time: give us a balance of depth and breadth.

Allow for flexible pacing, multiple instructional methodologies, and a wide variety to choose from when assessing progress.

Increase support staff and resources for ALL students, special ed, general ed, and gifted.

Fund a wide variety of alternative placements when students aren't succeeding. Instead of retention, repeating what already didn't work, or promotion, moving on unready for a more advanced version of what already didn't work, provide alternative ed opportunities for those who need them. If you've already provided for those things listed above, fewer students will need alternative placements to succeed.

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madeline_con

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Thu May-22-08 08:14 PM
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5. According to census demographics...

in Dade County:

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006 61.3% , Florida overall, 20.2%

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/12/12086.html

Could a lot of the students be ESOL, due to many being childen of migrant workers? :shrug:

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flashl

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Fri May-23-08 12:34 PM
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6. Likey, yet, Florida sought and received NCLB waivers from DOE to, in part, avoid compliance/hirings

Edited on Fri May-23-08 12:34 PM by flashl

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