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Reading scores lagging compared with math
- 03-24-2010
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By Sam Dillon/New York Times
The nation’s school children made little or no progress in reading proficiency in recent years, according to results released Wednesday from the largest nationwide reading test. The trend of sluggish achievement contrasts with dramatic gains made in mathematics during the same period. “The nation has done a really good job improving math skills,” said Mark Schneider, a vice president at the American Institutes for Research and a former official at the Education Department, which oversees the test, known as the National Assessment of Educational Progress. “In contrast, we have made only marginal improvements in reading skills.” Why math scores have improved so much faster than reading scores is much debated; the federal officials who produce the test say it is designed to identify changes in student achievement over time, not to identify causes. (more...)
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