[Tarpon]

The leftards approach it like it makes sense for the children, but if you have actually ran something, you understand the subtly of incentives for people. And this is directed at creating the maximum number of ignorant graduates that can easily be made into "idiot-Obama" style voters with the promise of free stuff.

Communists have done this exact thing throughout the 20th century.

Achievement is positive feedback to learning, either by actual grades, or by recognizing advancement to the next grade.

[uncitizen]

I do understand what you say and agree.

[N3WBI3]

This does work if done right..

In my grade every third grade was split. The more advanced student would go up and the less prepared would stay down..

In the 6th grade I got move to be with the 7th and 8th graders for science, Foreign language, and social studies and did 6th grade (along with the other advanced 6th graders) studies in Math and Language.

Meanwhile the 6th graders who are not ready stay down at that 6th grade level.