Held back, but not helped
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 7, 2018
In the mid-2000s, Louisiana implemented high-stakes tests known as Louisiana Educational Assessment Program, or LEAP, which required fourth and eighth graders to show that they were grade-level proficient. Louisiana had long erred on the side of social promotion, often passing underachievers through school despite low reading and math levels.
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