One day, one test: Keeping score isn’t as easy as 1, 2, 3
Calculations about what it means to read at “grade level” can be confusing, and the complicated formulas can penalize children who may be on the cusp of meeting the standard. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
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Even as Tennessee moves forward with a law that could hold back tens of thousands of third graders, there is widespread misunderstanding about what it even means to read at “grade level.”
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David Waters is Distinguished Journalist in Residence and assistant director of the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis.
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