There are many aspects to examine when judging whether social promotion has positive or negative implications in Thailand. As previously stated social promotion was a trend in the United States dating back to the
1950’s. Educators are currently pushing for retention policies to be implemented in most schools systems in the United States. According to the teachers at Assumption College Primary Section, this policy was put into practice about twenty years ago. If the pattern in Thailand follows the
American plan then we could be teaching in an environment that follows a social promotion policy for at least forty more years with little regard to re- teaching or differentiated instruction. The foreign teachers that I spoke with at Assumption College Primary Section mentioned that the students that do not pass each subject with at least a 60 % grade must learn that subject at summer school for three days. The teachers do not believe that this is a sufficient amount of time to improve significantly. After the boys’ have relearned the material for three days they are passed on to the next level regardless.