Approximately 40 percent of educators reported spending less time on social studies and science as a result of the promotion policy¶

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q2 i? Approximately 40 percent of teachers and principals agreed that, as a result of the promotion policy, they were spending less time on social studies and science. → Jacob 2004

Evidence¶

Jacob 2004¶

Jacob, R. T., Stone, S., & Roderick, M. (2004). Ending Social Promotion: The Response of Teachers and Students. Consortium on Chicago School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/ending-social-promotion-response-teachers-and-students

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1999 survey of CPS educators on curriculum narrowing under the promotion policy. Interviewed teachers expressed varying opinions: some believed reading and math should always dominate, while "between one-quarter and one-third of the teachers with whom we spoke expressed concern about the instructional cost of de-emphasizing other con- tent areas."

"Approximately 40 per- cent of teachers and principals agreed that, as a result of the promotion policy, they were spending less time on social studies and science than they used to."

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