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REMEDIATION AND RETENTION

IDENTIFICATION OF STUDENTS IN NEED OF REMEDIATION
The following sections identify performance levels as they relate to the Florida Standards
Assessment (FSA), Florida Standards Assessment English Language Arts , End-of-Course (EOC)
Assessments, , School District of Palm Beach County Literacy Assessment System, and
additional optional assessments. This permits decision-makers to identify the overall
achievement of each child through District and statewide assessments and allows for a more
narrow focus on student achievement for the purposes of remediation decisions. Teachers and
administrators may examine the student's reading, writing, mathematics, science, and/or
social studies performance to determine whether a student is in need of remediation in one or
more of these areas.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (K-5) REQUIREMENTS FOR REMEDIATION/RETENTION
In accordance with Florida Statute § 1008.25(2)(a), each district school board shall establish a
comprehensive plan which must provide for a student’s progression from one grade to
another based on the student’s mastery of the standards in English Language Arts,
mathematics, science, and social studies. The plan must emphasize reading proficiency in
kindergarten through grade 3 and provide targeted instructional support for students with
identified deficiencies in Language Arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. The results
of evaluations used to monitor a student’s progress in grades K-12 must be provided to the
student’s teacher in a timely manner and as otherwise required by law. Therefore, evaluation
results must be provided to the student’s parent in a timely manner. When available,
instructional personnel must be provided with information on student achievement of
standards and benchmarks in order to improve instruction.

In accordance with Florida Statute § 1008.25(3)(a)(b), remedial and supplemental (academic)
instructional resources must be allocated to students in the following priority:
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 students who are deficient in reading by the end of 3 grade; and
 students who fail to meet performance levels required for promotion.

K-5 Reading Remediation

Any student in kindergarten through grade 3 who exhibits a substantial deficiency in reading
based screening, diagnostic, progress monitoring, or assessment data; statewide assessments;
or teacher observations must be provided intensive, explicit, systematic, and multisensory
reading interventions immediately following the identification of the reading deficiency. A
school may not wait for a student to receive a failing grade at the end of a grading period to
identify the student as having a substantial reading deficiency and initiate intensive reading
interventions. Any student who fails to meet performance levels required for promotion
consistent with the District’s plan for progression must receive supplemental instruction.
[Florida Statute § 1008.25(3)(b)&(5)(a)]

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