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It was quite a shock when I read in the newspaper that the Kern High School District had adopted a new policy to prohibit freshmen students from moving to their sophomore year without passing certain core subjects in their curriculum.
What a concept! Holding students accountable for passing their classes. The Kern High School District should be applauded for addressing social promotion policies that have been the norm for as long as I can remember. This is sure to revive the retention/social promotion debate as many students will now be required to re-take classes they did not pass in order to move forward.
Social promotion is a practice that generally determines student class placement based on age rather than successful completion of minimum grade standards. Social promotion has been the order of the day in nearly every school in the country in spite of the fact that many students leave school each year unprepared for the job market or other measures of success.
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