The centers are supported through school-community partnerships that include public and nonprofit agencies and organizations, local businesses, and educational entities. Who Still Do Not Meet Standards For students who still have difficulty meeting standards despite prevention and early intervention efforts, repeating a grade with the same instruction over again has been found to be ineffective. These students need alternatives that help them develop the skills they need to achieve. But intervention services usually diminish in the upper grades, just as these students face tough challenges and peer pressure that can seriously affect their academic lives. Establishing effective high school transition and dropout prevention programs can help.
Counselors work closely with students and their families.
In the program's first year of operation, almost 90 percent of participants earned promotion to the ninth grade. Ending social promotion requires real accountability for results, and this accountability must begin with the schools. Many states and districts have taken steps to hold schools more accountable for student performance. Thirty-two states publish annual school report cards. Some states distribute the report cards to parents, and the contents of the reports often are published by local newspapers.