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Repeating a Grade
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No parent wants to hear that their child may have to repeat a grade in school. Teachers may recommend grade retention when a child isn't meeting academic or social standards of the grade level. If this happens to you, you need to consider the research on grade retention and advocate appropriately for your child.
Grade retention is thought of as an intervention to help students who are not performing at their grade level academically or socially, but research suggests that this isn't always effective. When retained, most students experience decreased achievement in academics (especially in the two or three years following retention). Additionally, most students have a harder time adjusting socially. Retention also increases the likelihood of those students dropping...
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Some schools have cutoff dates for when a student can matriculate. For example, some say the child has to be 5 by September 1. But if your child just turned 5 on August 29th, and many of the other students will soon be celebrating their 6th birthday in October and November, it may not be a bad idea to have your child repeat. This way they will be "caught up" emotionally and be better prepared for learning. It may not seem to make much of a difference at a young age, but later years could be a bit of a struggle.
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