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| South Carolina Ties Reading Proficiency to Matriculation |
| posted by: Ruthie | June 16, 2014, 07:21 PM |
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The new provision is an addition to the Read to Succeed Act, a legislative initiative to improve reading levels across the sate. During the 2013-2103 school year, more than 50,000 of the state’s third graders failed to demonstrate proficiency in state reading assessments. Under the new law, each of these students would be at risk of being held back. English-learners, students with disabilities, and those who have been retained previously will not be included in the new retention policy. Some worry that students who are maintaining proficiency may have one bad test day and will held back. Additionally, critics say the pressure of one test as the deciding factor in advancement will put too much pressure on young children. Proponents of the new policy argue the children will have ample opportunity to become proficient. To catch up the students who don’t pass the test, the state will fund summer reading camps for three hours a day for six weeks.
Do you think this new policy will help students? Do you think we should hold more students back?
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