In the early grades, U.S. schools value reading-comprehension skills over knowledge. The results are devastating, especially for poor kids.

The marking scheme, which has also been published, reveals that 36 of the 38 questions were designed to test three specific reading skills. Pupils who could demonstrate them had the chance to earn ...

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Published: October 5, 2023 8:33am EDT Reading ability among U.S. students , with 37% of fourth graders and 30% of eighth graders scoring below the basic proficiency levels for reading set by the .

So reading those passages just once would take up 14 minutes. The 38 questions contain another 1,142 words, and every wise student remembers the advice to read every question twice, so that ...