Holding back students shouldn 't be allowed. You want your child to succeed, but it’s hard to see them take a step backward and not going forward with their academics. Having a child who is having a hard time in school can be hard, but the thought of being held back or having them repeat a grade is defeating. Leaving kids behind can cause bullying and lead to depression. A lot of things could create grade repeating but more can stop it. Learning a lot of stuff more than once could be suffering to a student.
Before teachers decide on grade retention, they should evaluate children existing strengths and weaknesses, academic, organizational and social. Students that have a hard time and give up should have extra help. Consider summer school, a private tutor, or classes at a learning center. Following your child’s progress could give a boost on wanting to make better grades knowing that the parent is watching and wanting them to succeed. Students who are held back have to adjust to new classmates and making new friends also deal with the thought of seeing their first classmates move on. Seeing the people, they once associated with pass and they staying back could cause your child to give up.
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Those type students will begin to thrive once they are developmentally on grade level. Being in the same grade two years in a row can also provide a student with some stability and familiarity especially when it comes to the teacher and the room. Retention is most beneficial when the child that is retained receives intensive intervention specific to the areas in which they struggle throughout the retention