Students who score below grade level on state tests may no longer get tutoring
Friday, September 17th 2010, 4:00 AM
Siegel for News
Ashley Serrano, holds a copy of her 8th grade diploma from P.S. 34. She won't automatically receive tutoring, despite testing below grade level and having to repeat the 8th grade.Too bad, kids!
More than 100,000 students who scored below grade level on state exams won't automatically get the extra help they received last year, the Daily News has learned.
Before raising the bar for what was required to pass standardized tests, state officials quietly scaled back when districts must provide tutoring, saying only kids that bombed the exam have to get the extra help this year.
"They're saying I failed but I can't get help for it? I think that's kind of harsh," said Ashley Serrano, 15, who scored just below grade level on her eighth-grade math and English
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