Ok, my son is/was in 5th grade this past school year. He worked his butt off and made honor roll the entire school year.
He had to take the CRCT test this year and missed the goal mark by a handful points - I think it was 15 (which is not a lot when you consider that there 850 to be made to be considered passing in the math section).
So I got his report card (his perfect honor roll report card) and down at the bottom in HUGE bold black underlined letters it says: STUDENT RETAINED PER CRCT RESULTS
So my HONOR ROLL student will have to repeat the 5th grade if he doesn't attend summer school and retake the math portion of the CRCT and make above an 850.
What I am most upset about is that my son is so disappointed. He feels like he worked hard and made honor roll for nothing.
And he is right. They aren't even taking his grades into consideration. Its about 15 points on this test.
Plus to make me even madder they won't give me another report card that doesn't have the stupid student retained msg on it. We really wanted to save it as my son is ADHD along with a mild form of autism and this is our first honor roll report card in a couple of years.