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Greene, Jay P.; Winters, Marcus A. – Center for Civic Innovation, 2004
Nine states and three of the nation's biggest cities have adopted mandates intended to end "social promotion"? promoting students to the next grade level regardless of their academic proficiency. These policies require students in certain grades to reach a minimum benchmark on a standardized test in order to move on to the next grade. Florida,…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Grade 3, Standardized Tests, Reading Tests