{"id":11323,"date":"2011-12-30T15:56:14","date_gmt":"2011-12-30T21:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/?p=11323"},"modified":"2018-11-06T14:28:12","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T20:28:12","slug":"npt-reports-failing-8th-graders-will-not-advance-under-tn-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/2011\/12\/30\/npt-reports-failing-8th-graders-will-not-advance-under-tn-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"(NPT Reports) Failing 8th Graders Will Not Advance Under TN Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11337 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/education_watch1-300x35.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"35\" \/>A typical 8th grade public school student is 13 or 14 years old.\u00a0 But in thousands of cases each year in Tennessee, 8th grade students do not earn enough credits to move on to 9th grade. That could mean a student who is 15, 16 or older is kept behind in 8th grade if not for a common practice in Tennessee public schools called social promotion.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"580\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EDnT_EKGP_I?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSocial promotion allows the principal to make decisions to promote that kid on to the next level for several reasons, based on what\u2019s best for the kids in the class and what\u2019s best for the student who\u2019s obtaining the social promotion,\u201d says Jay Steele, associate superintendent of high schools for Metro Nashville Public Schools.<\/p>\n<p>Steele says the principals of both schools must agree to the social promotion, but it\u2019s an important tool for school administrators and involves more than the student\u2019s age.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHolding a 15 or 16 year old back and keeping them in a class of 12 year olds, that is a concern as a parent I would understand that concern also. And, is the child receiving any benefit from being held back?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Tennessee Department of Education <\/a>figures, about 8,000 Tennessee 8th grade students scored below basic level in reading\u2014a benchmark for advancing to the next grade. But the idea of socially promoting over-age students should stop, says to Tennessee Senator Brian Kelsey (R-Germantown).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are thousands of students that are simply being pushed through the system and it\u2019s wrong and it\u2019s unfair and its setting them up for failure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Kelsey is co-sponsoring a bill SB 2156\u00a0to end social promotion from 8th grade to high school\u2014similar to a Tennessee bill passed last year that outlaws third-grade social promotion in public schools. Kelsey says his research shows that about 45,000 students in Tennessee are socially promoted each year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHigh school is the level at which most of our students in Tennessee drop out from school. And so if we are sending students to high school and they don\u2019t have the skills to succeed there, then we\u2019re basically setting them up for failure and setting them up to drop out,\u201d says Kelsey.<\/p>\n<p>But dropping out is just as likely if a student is not promoted, according to some public school educators. They say changing the law without funding for programs to help failing students could be disastrous.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think if the law allowed flexibility for a district to be creative and design those programs based on the needs of the kids, That\u2019s what\u2019s important,\u201d says Steele. \u201cIt\u2019s difficult to make a blanket statement that no social promotion takes place when you\u2019re not considering the needs of every child. Family situations, health\u2014there are so many things that affect an urban student\u2019s life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Steele says Nashville school officials will ask the School Board to fund a \u201cbridge\u201d program designed for students who are over-age and under credit in grades 8 through 10.\u00a0 The program will provide quick, intensive academic help for students to help them earn credits at a faster pace, get back on track to return to a traditional high school and graduate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThings like the course recovery, credit recovery programs; virtual programs; extended day and night offerings. We have to be very creative in how we offer the curriculum to those students in order to let them catch up,\u201d says Steele.<\/p>\n<p>He says the MNPS balanced calendar <\/a>beginning next year will be an advantage in early identification of students who need academic intervention.\u00a0 The balanced calendar includes intersession periods in the fall and spring during which students can take remedial or enrichment courses.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A typical 8th grade public school student is 13 or 14 years old.\u00a0 But in thousands of cases each year in Tennessee, 8th grade students do not 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