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Social promotion and retention:

Social promotion and retention:. What are the solutions ? Speaker: Jessica Overweg March 15, 2011. W. The 3 W’s of social promotion and retention:. What is it? Why is it important? What are the solutions. W. W. What is social promotion and retention?.

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Social promotion and retention:

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  1. Social promotion and retention: What are the solutions? Speaker: Jessica Overweg March 15, 2011

  2. W The 3 W’s of social promotion and retention: • What is it? • Why is it important? • What are the solutions W W

  3. What is social promotion and retention? • SocialPromotionoccurs when a student, regardless of their achievement, moves up from one class to the next. • Retentionhappens when a student has to repeat an educational course or grade. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_promotion - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grade_retention

  4. Checking for understanding: ...Can anyone explain what the difference between social promotion and retention is?

  5. What’s being argued about social promotion and retention? • Social Promotion: • It sends students the message that they can get by without working hard. • Students who struggled with a pastgrade and have movedonto the next will struggle even more – they’re being setup for failure. • If gives parents a false sense of their child’s progress. • Retention: • It’s very common. • It’s very expensive. Its costs $13,000per child per year. • Student’s progress regresses after 2-3 years. • It can cause behaviorproblemsin students. www.ericdigests.org/2001-3/policy.htm www.nasponline.org/about_nasp/pospaper_gradretent.aspx

  6. 30-50% of U.S. students are retained at least ONCE before 9th grade. FACTS Retention rates have increased by 40% over the past 20 years. On their list of top anxieties, students have retention as #3. It follows behind blindness and a death of a parent. 15% of all U.S. students get held back each year. www.wrightslaw.com/advoc/articles/promote.retain.htm www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/atrisk/at800.htm

  7. Advantages and disadvantages Social Promotion Advantages • Allows students to continue with the rest of their peers. Disadvantages • Shows students that they can get by without working hard. • Can set students up for failure. • Retention • Advantages • Shows students that they need to work hard to earn their achievements. • It allows students that are behindto get serious and readyfor the next grade. • Disadvantages • It doesn’t solve the problem that the student is struggling – they’re just repeating the same things they didn’t understand before. • Physical and emotional problems can occur. • Increases dropout rate. www.ericdigests.org/2001-3/policy.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_promotion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grade_retention

  8. So…knowing the arguments, facts, and advantages vs. disadvantages, WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? Shouldn’t we be helping our students instead of causing them such high anxiety? Should we retain students if it sets them up to be more likely to drop out of school? Is it setting students up for failure if they’re socially promoted?

  9. Male (twice as more likely) • Minority • Late Birthday • Delayed Development • Attention Problems • Live in Poverty • Single Parent Household • Parent’s have low educational attainment • Parents that aren’tinvolved in child’s education • Kids who change schools frequently CHARACTERISTICS of a child that is ELIGIBLE FOR SOCIAL PROMOTION OR GRADE RETENTION: www.nasponline.org/about_nasp/psopaper_gradretent.aspx www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/atrist/at800.htm

  10. What about physically and emotionally underdeveloped students? -Physically and emotionally under- developed students are usually retained, put into special education programs/classes, or get help from a teacher that addresses their specificneed. Some educators hold students if they believe the child is too “young” or “immature” for their grade and will fit in better with the one below. www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/atrisk/at800.htm

  11. Before we move on to some solutions…. Does anyone have any questions????

  12. What are some Solutions?

  13. Intensify Learning • Early Reading Programs – Make sure students are reading at young age. • Provide Professional Development to Assure Skilled Teachers • Classrooms set up differently: • Looping: Teacher is with students for more than a year. • Class-size reduction: Less student to teacher ratio. Instead of having 20-25 kids in a class, it should be 13-17. www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/atrisk/at800.htm www.education.com/reference/article/alternative-social-promotion-retention/

  14. 3. Expand Learning Options • After School Programs • Summer School (Some schools are even doing year round schools – to make sure students don’t forget information retained. • Tutoring– One on One time tutoring is proven to be highly effective for students who need extra help. • 4. Assess Students in a Manner to Assist Teachers • a. Effective InstructionalStrategies andAssessments– Have checklists and tests readily available to assess student’s performance. • 5. Intervene in time to Arrest Poor Performance. • a. Parental Involvement – Having parents involved is key to a child’s education. www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/atrisk/at800.htm www.education.com/reference/article/alternative-social-promotion-retention/

  15. So…now that we know some about social promotion and retention, we can take our new knowledge and put it into practice!

  16. Bobby Green • Bobby is a 2nd grader at Woodside Elementary. He loves going to school to see all his friends and playing outside, he just doesn’t really enjoy the whole “schoolwork” part of school. Bobby struggles with reading and math. He tries so hard but he still can’t quite understand it. His mom works most nights so he’s usually stuck at home with his elderly neighbor lady who can provide him little to no help with his homework. He tries to do his homework by himself, but ends up giving up because he just doesn’t get it. • Throughout 2nd grade, Bobby continues to struggle. His grades are continually poor. It gets so bad that the school has to talk to his mother. They’ve decided that if Bobby continues down the path he’s going, he might have to repeat 2nd grade; while all his friends move on to 3rd grade. • Bobby’s mother feels horrible about this because she can’t be there to help him. She’s not sure what to do. She knows that Bobby will be devastated if he has to stay behind while his friends move on. What should the school and Bobby’s mother decide? • Should Bobby be retained and repeat the 2nd grade? OR should he move on with the rest of his class to 3rd grade and be socially promoted? What other solutions would help Bobby?

  17. Amanda Gold is a 3rd grader who loves horses. She likes to learn everything she can about them. Her library at school has lots of books about horses. The only problem is that Amanda is dyslexic. She really struggles with reading and is quite far behind the rest of her classmates. • She loves when her 8th grade buddy comes and reads with her. With help and practice, Amanda can overcome her struggle and read better. • What are some solutions that could help Amanda with her dyslexia? Amanda Gold

  18. Justine Michaels • Justine is a 5th grader at Parkside Elementary. • She was born with Down Syndrome. • Right now, she’s able to work in a regular classroom but is a little behind the rest of her class. • Should Justine continue in a regular classroom, switch to a special education class, OR are there different alternatives for her?

  19. So…what can we take away from this today? The 3 W’s • What is it? • Why is it important? • What are the solutions?

  20. Reference page • Alternatives to social promotion and retention (n.d.). In Education.com. Retrieved March 6, 2011, from www.education.com/reference/article/alternative-social-promotion- retention/ • Beyond social promotion and retention - Five strategies to help students succeed (n.d.). Retrieved March 6, 2011, from www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/atrisk/at800.htm • NASP position on retention (n.d.). In National Association of School Psychologists. Retrieved March 6,2011, from www.nasponline.org/about_nasp/pospaper_gradretent.aspx • Retention and social promotion: Research and implication for policy. (2001, March). Eric Digests, 161.Retrieved March 6, 2011, from www.ericdigests.org/2001-3/policy.htm • Retention (n.d.). In Wikipedia. Retrieved March 6, 2011, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/grade_retention • Social promotion (n.d.). In Wikipedia. Retrieved March 6, 2011, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_promotion • To promote or retain? (n.d.). In Wright's Law. Retrieved March 6, 2011, from www.wrightslaw.com/advoc/articles/promote.retain.htm

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