Social promotion is an educational policy that involves ______.
a. promoting a child to the next grade when the child shows the social skills appropriate for the next grade level
b. promoting an entire class, as a class, from one grade to another so the children don't need to make new friends
c. promoting a child who has not mastered grade-level academic material to the next grade so they stay in a class with same-age peers
d. promoting a class but keeping the same teacher with the class as they move to the next grade level
Ans: C
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