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Decisions to promote or retain elementary students should be based upon successful completion of the curriculum and performance on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills. Students at grades three, six, and eight are subject to the special considerations listed below in the Summer School Bridge Program. Retention of students is not recommended or encouraged unless efforts at remediation of academic deficiencies have been unsuccessful. It is recommended that kindergarten students should not be retained. Summer School Bridge Program.