“ More students fail ninth grade than any other in high school”. The writer Korbey and Willens argues ninth grade is the most important grade. It's important for students to stay on track ninth grade year. When students fail their ninth year , it's hard for them to bring their self up. It's hard to transition to ninth grade because students have to try even harder to pass. Korbey (2015) stated, the transition from middle school to high school is a big one, perhaps bigger than appeared at first blush. Ninth grade is difficult because it tells whether students graduate or not. When students move into high school it's so different. Willens,( 2013 ) When students start over they start to forget things. Ninth grade is the most important year because it tells if students graduate. Ninth grade determines if students graduate (Korbey ,2015). If students didn't …show more content…
Willens (2013) states , “A program offers learning materials and training specialists to aid students in study and social skills”. There is a program that keep at risk students in school . After those programs 85 percent of ninth graders moved to tenth grade (Willens 2013). There’s also other after school programs that students can get in called Arts.
Something that cause students to lack or either fail ninth grade is because of absences during the first 30 days. When students get to high school everything start to get harder. If students get a F in a core course in the first year of high school; . Students don't stay focus ninth grade year. That means that they are starting off wrong.
In both articles Korbey and Willens both argues that when students starts to fail the ninth grade it's hard to get a passing grade . Both authors thinks that ninth grade is the hardest grade in high school. Most students drop out of school because they will do a horrible ninth grade year, and cannot bring themselves