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Tuesday, September 26, 2006
More Than 40,000 Repeaters
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Here’s how Georgia kids who failed the CRCT in grades 3,5 and 8 fared after they had a chance to attend summer school and take the test again.
In a nutshell: 45 percent of third-graders who had to take the reading test again passed. That means about 11,460 should be back in third grade for a second go-round, unless their parents successfully appealed.
In fifth-grade reading: 41 percent passed, leaving 13,313 to stay back or appeal. In fifth-grade math: 33 percent passed, leaving 9,167 to repeat or appeal. NOTE: I DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH OVERLAP THERE IS IN THESE TWO GROUPS OF STUDENTS.
In eighth-grade reading: 40 percent passed, leaving 7,700 shut out of high school pending appeal. In eighth-grade math: only 30 percent passed, leaving a whopping 19,422 to beg their way into high school or repeat eighth-grade. NOTE: I DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH OVERLAP THERE IS IN THESE TWO GROUPS OF STUDENTS.
Given what I don’t know, I’m saying at least 44,200 kids should be repeating their grade. I need to find out how many successfully appealed, and how much overlap there was in the two groups. Stay tuned….
Also noteworthy, thousands of kids eligible for the retest didn’t bother to take it.
Meanwhile… Parents, was your child held back? Did you appeal? Was your appeal granted? Teachers, do you have repeaters in your class? Did you sit on any appeal committees? Talk to me!
