re: The Mississippi Education Turnaround Continues

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Do the numbers represent real gains? The easiest way to improve your scores is by lowering standards, and accommodating under performers.

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These are national standards. The gains in MS are real. I love the fact they got rid of passing kids who aren’t ready. I’ve heard it called social promotion as you keep kids together with their age group. I’ve always thought that is a huge disservice to these kids as you take away any real chance to succeed.

MS holds them back if they aren’t ready to read in the 3rd grade and gives them a reading interventionist and pairing with a high performing teacher. Shocking, that worked.