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Testing
L1 Literacy · November 14, 2019
The NAEP Reading Panic: 2019 Edition
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) – “the Nation’s Report Card ” – has released results from their latest round of reading tests. These tests are given every two years, but regardless of the results, the reaction in the…
2 min readL1 Literacy · April 17, 2018Don’t Believe What You Read in the Papers: American Kids Are Getting Better at Reading
Kevin Drum at Mother Jones magazine has an excellent take on the so-called “failure” of American students to improve their reading scores. It’s a quick but important read now that the annual NAEP Nonsense Season is once again in full…
1 min readL1 Literacy · April 19, 2017What Kaplan and Princeton Review Don’t Want You to Know About the SAT
A recent article in the New York Times recommended that students from low-income backgrounds should prepare for the SAT (Scholastic Achievement Test) “like a rich kid” by spending hundreds of hours studying test prep books, visiting…
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