Occasionally, students in elementary school are allowed to advance to the next grade even though they have not successfully completed the lower grade. Advocates of “social promotion” think that keeping a child in a grade for longer than a year hurts his or her development and self-esteem. Do you agree or disagree with the idea of social promotion? Use logical arguments and specific examples to support your opinion

There are differing viewpoints as to whether or not students in elementary

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are allowed to advance to the

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even though they have not successfully completed the lower

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. Keeping students who are falling behind their

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grade-level

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in the same

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without a thoughtful

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plan can be problematic.

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, I agree with the idea of social promotion because

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the grade

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retention

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is a “wait-to-fail” model of remediation, and it is not a type of effective academic

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. In promoting students’ academic success, the

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should consider a

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-wide proactive strategy rather than implementing

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grade-level

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retention

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for students who are not meeting their benchmark standards.

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may consider conducting (present participle) a

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-wide screening at the beginning of each

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year. The purpose of the screening is to identify students who are at-risk in certain academic areas at an early stage. If students are identified as at-risk, the

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will provide additional academic supports that are based on the students’ needs,

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as small group instruction or peer-tutoring program. Early identification along with a thoughtful

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plan will increase the likelihood of students’ future

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success.

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grade-level

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retention

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is a “wait-to-fail” model remediation, and perhaps, an ineffective form of

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for the student. As a future educator, I disagree with

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remediation strategy because it does not help the students academically rather it emotionally harms the students.

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, students who experience academic stress without some appropriate supports may

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develop mental health problems. Placing students who have been retained in the same

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with younger students contributes to the students’ feelings of failure. In the long run,

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will impact their mental health.

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, we want to see our students

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succeed

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academically, socially, and behaviorally. To do

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, we need to create and implement some antecedent interventions

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of keeping them in the same

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for a

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long

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, social promotion is a better alternative to student success than

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