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Originally Posted by foodcritic  So in essence what your saying is that by keeping kids in skool until there 21(me thinks thats the leagal cutt-off) so that they can have accumulated enough time/credit to graduate is not social promotion. They figured out a way to cover up the obvious. Heck why not keep them in skool till there 25 or 30. I am sure by that time they would have been able to get them graduated. UNBELIEVABLE  |
I had to read through the entire thread to see if anyone brought this up - but - keeping kids in school until they're 21 - the legal cut-off? Reading comprehension is your friend:
"Factors such as students who fail multiple times and
special education students who remain in school until age 21 also play differently depending on how the rates are calculated"
Many special education students are retained once per level while attending school. (elementary, middle, high) which means they're about 21 when they graduate.