Schools must assess student's needs and try to prevent problems from the start. More schools need to make attempts to end social promotion and focus on prevention. When schools socially promote students, they are ignoring failure. Retention without the necessary support is also putting the student back into a position to fail. The article provides recommendations for schoold districts to address these problems.
Research reveals that the dorp out rate is associated with retention.
Suggestions are provided to prevent retention. Student Grade Retention and Social Promotion - Children who are academically delayed do not benefit from retention. Alternatives to retention and social promotion are listed. To Bush's 'Social Promotion' Proposal. He stated that social promotion is not effective and we need to stop pushing students through the education system.