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Taking Responsibility for Ending Social Promotion: A Guide for Educators and State and Local Leaders
- Title Page
- Executive Summary
- Presidential Directive
- Introduction
- What is social promotion?
- How widespread is social promotion?
- What are the costs to students and society?
- Taking Responsibility
- Set high standards of learning for all students
- Create reliable measures of achievement against standards
- Concentrate on providing high-quality curriculum and instruction for all students
- Include families
- Involve community stakeholders
- Starting Early
- Provide opportunities for preschool
- Emphasize early childhood and family literacy
- Strengthening Learning Opportunities in the Classroom
- Identify and intervene early with students at risk of falling behind
- Ensure that there is a well-prepared teacher in every classroom
- Use research-based practices
- Reduce class size
- Accommodate students with special needs
- Extending Learning Time
- Establish after-school programs
- Provide summer school for students not meeting standards
- Move toward year-round schooling
- Helping Students Who Still Do Not Meet Standards
- Develop effective transition programs for students unprepared for promotion
- Prevent dropouts and help students realize postsecondary opportunities
- Holding Schools Accountable for Performance and Helping Them Improve
- Require public reporting of school performance
- Intervene in low-performing schools
- Reward school improvement
- Conclusion
- U.S. Department of Education's Inventory of Resources for Ending Social Promotion
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
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