I read it that you can skip a grade if you get a high enough score on that grade's end of year test, but the 70% his kids could get without coaching wasn't enough. (Even though it would have been enough to go on, if they'd just been through that grade, I assume.)

I did raise my eyebrows at the amount of work he says it was. Maybe they were just playing very safe.

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