Crisis of Education Remediation Plans

Abstract

Abstract Educational plans for remediation of attenuated gains have varied enormously across districts. There is currently no known intervention that would produce sufficient gains in a time- or cost-effective manner. There is no unified or standardized remediation intervention and efforts may be hampered by level of participation, scaled costs and parental awareness of losses at the individual level. This chapter reviews those disparate approaches and the fallout of the failure of remediation plans to meet the significant needs of children, including a push to change cutoffs and definitions of proficiency, and reduced access to advanced coursework. Troubling long-term impacts include a fiscal cliff for school systems that jeopardizes the public education system as we know it.