No-go to bill that would flunk struggling readers

“Teachers check for progress along the way. We don't wait for the MEAP scores to tell us there's a problem.”

A Holland lawmaker is backing off his bill to require schools to flunk third-graders who are not reading at grade level. via Grand Rapids Press

[Augustus]

He shouldn't back off! Reading is important.

[Rucin]

If a third grader can't read at a third grade level by the end of the year at the latest, then they should stay in the third grade until they can; the same for all other grades.
It makes the smart kids look bad, and pushes those with inadequate skills into progressively tougher challenges that they are not ready to face.
That's what I think about it, anyway. This guy should keep going!