ATTN: Poolville High School

[Barbara Braxton <barbara@AUSTARMETRO.COM.AU>]

Thank you to the person who sent me the links to the articles about 9th
grade issues from Ebsco.  Unfortunately I need a login to see the whole
article and as the users of the website won't have this either I can't use
the link.  However I was fascinated by the abstract about how there is a
bottleneck in 9th grade because of  "poor" test scores.  It reminded me of
several stories I have read set in rural past times where there was always a
14 year old boy who was still in Grade 6 because he couldn't graduate
because of his academic inability.  IS this a 21st century parallel?
Barbara

Barbara  Braxton
Teacher Librarian
Palmerston District Primary School
PALMERSTON ACT 2913
AUSTRALIA

T. 02 6205 6162
F. 02 6205 7242
E. barbara@austarmetro.com.au
W. http://www.palmdps.act.edu.au
"Together, we learn from each other."

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