[Ohiogift] Age-based grade assignments hinder millions and cost billions

[Margaret DeLacy]

Friends:

Below is a link to, and excerpt from, a study carried out at the University of North Carolina College of Education.

Margaret

Age-Based Grade Assignments Hinder Millions. by Scott Peters of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Matthew Makel of Duke University, Karen Rambo-Hernandez of West Virginia University, and Jonathan Plucker of Johns Hopkins

Thursday, September 1, 2016

http://education.uncc.edu/news/study-age-based-grade-assignments-hinder-millions

"The study found that 11 to 30 percent of elementary school students perform at least one year above their current grade level in mathematics, and between 20 and 40 percent of students are a level ahead in reading. As a result, billions are wasted annually teaching students content they already know, the researchers say. They recommend more systematic monitoring of the numbers of advanced students and a more liberal application of acceleration policies, including grade skipping,"