Suppose we just cut through all the politicking and power
plays and blarney of Common Core/standardized testing/No Child Left Behind….
Suppose we just keep kids in the 3rd grade until
they can read at the 3rd grade level. You know, like we did 60 years
ago.
It drives me crazy when I think about all the kids who are
graduating from high school these days without achieving 12th grade
proficiency in readin’, ‘ritin’ and ‘rithmetic.
Our elementary schools are, in large part, creating the
problem. They continue to move students through grade levels without making
sure they are proficient at each level.
For example, 66% of 4th graders scored "below proficient" in reading on the 2013 National Assessment of Education Progress
(NAEP) test. In other words, they weren’t reading at the 4th grade
level. About 64% of 8th graders weren’t reading at the 8th
grade level.
It’s dumb, delusional and dangerous to keep graduating
elementary students to the next grade when they’re not ready to do the work.
If you’re a parent, insist that your local school keeps your
daughter in the 3rd grade until she can read….
Copyright © Richard Carl Subber 2015
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