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My Comments to the California State Board of Education on the proposed Math Framework
I write this letter to oppose the proposed California Math Framework. My comments are a distillation of a lengthier analysis presented in the Spring 2023 issue of Education Next, "California's New Math Framework Doesn't Add Up."
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Literacy and NAEP Proficient
In February, 2023 Bari Weiss produced a podcast, “Why 65% of Fourth Graders Can't Really Read” and Nicholas Kristof, New York Times columnist, wrote “ Two-Thirds of Kids Struggle to Read, and We Know How to Fix It. ” Both headlines are misleading. The 65% and two-thirds figures are referring to the percentage of 4thgraders who scored below proficient on the last reading test of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) , administered in 2022.
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The Pandemic Took a Toll, Widening Gaps Already in Place
Some of the data in this post were presented at Education Writers Association’s 75th National Seminar on July 25, 2022 in Orlando.
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