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| Title: Ending social promotion is no simple task
Writer: Doug Cumming |
Date: October 24, 1999
Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution |
| Lead: A national trend to get tough on students who aren't ready for the next grade is taking root in Gwinnett County, Cobb County and Atlanta. But can these systems avoid the disaster that happened in San Diego? | |
| Keywords: Promotion, peer group, retention, failing grades, Kati Haycock, Education Trust, identifying weaknesses, drop outs, Gwinnett County, standardized tests, language arts, math, science, social studies, Academic Knowledge and Skills, writing, Cobb County, Iowa Test of Basic Skills, McCleskey Middle School, Joe Boland, reading test, Atlanta, Beverly Hall, schoolwide reforms, Betty Creech, Southern Regional Education Board, Gov. Roy Barnes, school accountability, Sen. Casey Cagle, Marvin Pittman, individual help, Linda Mitchell, cut score, C. Thomas Holmes, faculty. | |
