re: How can our schools allow kids to move on/graduate?

I asked some teachers I know if they think Louisiana is going to pass all students across the state and move everyone of them forward to the next grade. Their reply was that they hoped they didn't do that, saying that passing/failing should be on a case by case basis. According to them students have been in school long enough that teachers know who should be passed and forwarded to the next grade and who should repeat. If a student needs to be held back they should be allowed to be held back.