Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Retention I have a second grad ESOL student who has not achieved but 35% growth this school year. Great there is growth, however, he is still significantly below grade level. At my current school, administration does not like to retain any student who is an ELL. This particular student would benefit tremendously from retention and his ESOL, EIP, and RtI teacher are all in agreeance. How do I convince his mother that retention would be in the student's best interest? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) To retain to the students mother that they have made but needs to continue to develop outside the school such as language learning centers and private tutors to help their child progress.