Do you think they'll let my 8-year-old, third grade grandson retake the state exams?

Aden is sharp as a tack. Mind like a steel trap. He has an exceptional memory. However, he is selective in using it and has a somewhat short attention span. He gets bored and wants to move on to something else. They could probably get him diagnosed with ADD if they wanted to push it, but neither his mom nor his dad and his wife want to see the kid on drugs,so they just deal with it as it comes.

Before she moved Corrie had Aden ½ of the time, and he did better when he was with her because she’d make him do his homework, look it over, and make him redo it if he just blew off some of the work. I don’t know that his dad and step mom takes that kind of time.

Well, Corrie moved about 65 miles away at the end of February. It was necessary. She sees Aden and Brande, his sister, every other weekend. However,all parties have agreed that she’ll have her kids every other week during the summer.

Since she moved Aden has really tanked in school…and he failed his state exam. He was the first one done, and he just blew through it. Corrie said he got every answer wrong.
She was so mad! His step mom called Corrie, and Corrie talked to Aden. She told him that he now had 2 choices:

1) Go to summer school
2) Repeat the 3rd grade.

If he has to go to summer school he won’t be able to visit every other week, along with his sister Brande, because he’ll be stuck here going to school.

If he doesn’t go to summer school, he’ll be repeating the 3rd grade while the rest of his friends move on to the 4th.

Well, he was crying by the end of that conversation.

He can do the work. He knows the subject matter. There is NO reason at all for him to have to repeat 3rd grade.

He would be highly motivated now to pass the exams. Do you happen to know if they’ll let him take them over?

State exams suck. It should be the teacher’s call whether the kids pass or not. It breaks my heart to think of the stress he’ll be under to pass if he’s allowed to take the exam again. (“Oh God. I won’t be able to see my Mom. Oh God. All my friends will move on without me.”) This just sucks. But….well, maybe this will be a wake up call….