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Ginaaa June 5, 2008

my son had to take a rit test he passed everything except the math. He has a overll B average on his

Ginaaa
report do you think he should fail the eighth grade.
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Ginaaa
Ginaaa June 6, 2008
I'll check into this thank you
healthy11
healthy11 June 6, 2008
Sorry, the only reference I found for RIT tests and National Heritage schools was in this article: www.aasa.org/publications/saarticledetail.cfm?ItemNumber=7940&snItemNumber=

It sounds more like a choice that your individual National Heritage Academy is making, not to promote your son to 9th grade. I wonder if you were just to enroll your son in a regular public high school, whether he could take some other proficiency or placement test and just never get his formal 8th grade certificate or diploma from the National Heritage Academy?
Ginaaa
Ginaaa June 6, 2008
no its a test given by national heritage schools
Ginaaa
Ginaaa June 6, 2008
I would love for him to be able to attend summer school so he can go to the ninth grade but the school is saying it doesn't matter
healthy11
healthy11 June 6, 2008
Is the rit a state test? What does "rit" stand for?
You probably will have a difficult time appealing the decision to retain your son if it is a state-mandated exam requirement. If it is just something your school district requires, then you may want to talk to your son's counselor to see if he can retake the test, or if there is any other option, like attending summer school.
Ginaaa
Ginaaa June 6, 2008
no but it is taken every year but you have to pass the math in order to be promoted to the ninth grade but since my son didn't they're trying to hold him in the 8th grade
healthy11
healthy11 June 5, 2008
Ginaaa, welcome to Greatschools. Unfortunately, this is a nationwide community, and the terminology from one school to another isn't the same....I've never heard of a rit test...can you explain what it is? Is it some Rhode Island Test, or ?? Do students have to pass it every year, to be promoted to the next grade?

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