School is a hard one because a big part of it for kids isn't just academic, but social. I imagine for kids that were held back and saw their friends move on, it must have been really hard on them emotionally. I could see it being really damaging long term in that regard.
They get around that a lot of the time these days by having split classes. For example, kids that maybe struggled in grade 2 will "pass", but go into a 2/3 split the following year where they still get an opportunity to catch up on the grade 2 things they need to work on.
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