Grade Retention for Children
Can Grade Retention Be Good For a Student?
Jennifer Marsek
AED200
September 5, 2010
Noura Badawi
Can Grade Retention Be Good For a Student?
The children of the world are our future and we as a whole need to be sure that they are prepared for such a large task. The world requires that the children are able to read, write and have basic math skills in order to get through life, and be a part of society. This is a job that will become too large if it is not started and mastered in the early learning years. There are many children that are in the fourth and fifth grade who are not able to read or write at their grade level or even close to grade level. The teachers of these students have really let these students down by allowing them to move up a grade when they are so far behind on such an important task. Knowing that the children who are allowed to move up a grade level even though they are not ready for the move will struggle the rest of their life because the work is not going to get any easier is heart breaking. Children should not have to struggle through school it is meant to prepare them for life not break them down and make them feel that they are not good enough.
Grade retention may not be the answer for all students who are struggling to pass a grade level but it may be the answer for many of these children. Grade retention is having a child repeat a grade if they are not ready to move up to the next. It is also for children who have missed a large number of school days and has struggled to keep up. It allows children to be re taught in the same grade in hopes that the child performs better the second time around. Grade retention has been around since 1860 and studies show t that the number of children who have been retained has gone up over time (Barton, Campbell, and Saffell n.d.) The grade retention for children who have learning disabilities has been found to be helpful. The children do better when given a second chance to learn that year of
Jennifer Marsek
AED200
September 5, 2010
Noura Badawi
Can Grade Retention Be Good For a Student?
The children of the world are our future and we as a whole need to be sure that they are prepared for such a large task. The world requires that the children are able to read, write and have basic math skills in order to get through life, and be a part of society. This is a job that will become too large if it is not started and mastered in the early learning years. There are many children that are in the fourth and fifth grade who are not able to read or write at their grade level or even close to grade level. The teachers of these students have really let these students down by allowing them to move up a grade when they are so far behind on such an important task. Knowing that the children who are allowed to move up a grade level even though they are not ready for the move will struggle the rest of their life because the work is not going to get any easier is heart breaking. Children should not have to struggle through school it is meant to prepare them for life not break them down and make them feel that they are not good enough.
Grade retention may not be the answer for all students who are struggling to pass a grade level but it may be the answer for many of these children. Grade retention is having a child repeat a grade if they are not ready to move up to the next. It is also for children who have missed a large number of school days and has struggled to keep up. It allows children to be re taught in the same grade in hopes that the child performs better the second time around. Grade retention has been around since 1860 and studies show t that the number of children who have been retained has gone up over time (Barton, Campbell, and Saffell n.d.) The grade retention for children who have learning disabilities has been found to be helpful. The children do better when given a second chance to learn that year of