Why Do Students Acquire Retention?

Grade retention is a very difficult and emotionally charged decision. It may be considered when a child has significant struggles making progress in reading, writing or math, fails to reach performance levels expected for promotion to the next grade and last but not lease appears to be immature and young for her age. In many schools today, tests are being used to determine whether a child will go on to the next grade or repeat the same grade. With the current push for high educational standards, more and more kids are facing the possibility of retention because they’re not achieving test scores required for promotion. Retention is viewed as a way to ensure greater accountability to guarantee the school is doing its job. In some cases, it’s the new get tough policy to stop or reduce social promotion automatically passing a child on to the next grade at the end of each school year. The idea of giving a child another year to catch up and develop needed skills sounds like a positive alternative. However, research shows that outcomes for kids who are retained generally are not positive. Research says that achievement of kids who are retained is poorer than that of peers who are promoted. Also children who are identified as most behind are the ones most likely harmed by retention, Retention often is associated with increased
These tests require students to concentrate for long periods of time, work independently, persevere when faced with material they struggle to read and understand,record their answers using bubble sheets and work within specific time limits.Test results may not show what your child actually knows and can do. Instead, they may tell you how well she does on this type of test. When test scores are used as the only basis for whether a child will be promoted to the next grade, kids with LD can be at a great