Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Retention Mr. A recently attended a faculty meeting where they presented current educational research. Based on this research, retention was stated as being one of the least effective ways to help a student. Mr. A was shocked because he has several students in his class whom he is not sure how they were promoted. Sally is in the third grade, but performs on a kindergarten level. She cannot read, or even write her name. Mr. A is only told to differentiate in order to best meet Sally's needs. Mr. A differentiates his heart out, but knows that when spring comes along, the mandated state standardized test will not be differentiated in the slightest. How can Mr. A most effectively help Sally in order to to better prepare her for fourth grade? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I order to help Sally perform well on the standardized test at the end of the year Mr. A could work on basic skills during the remediation time. Sally still needs to be exposed to the curriculum of the forth grade, but working on the basic skills she is missing with show growth and it will help to improve her scores for the spring.