Why Test Students in Fourth Grade Reading and Eighth Grade Mathematics?
Reading independently by the fourth grade is a gateway to learning in all subjects. By fourth grade, teachers usually stop teaching reading; students are expected to have made the transition from learning to read to reading to learn. As a poor reader, Melanie will likely face a difficult time in school without intensive interventions. She may have difficulty comprehending mathematics story problems, analyzing literature, and interpreting historical documents in the higher grades. She is more likely to be identified as learning disabled, receive lower grades, and not graduate from high school.(1) Melanie is not alone. Forty percent of fourth grade students read below the basic level on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and have trouble understanding the overall meaning of what they read.(2) Learning some algebra and geometry by the end of the eighth grade is a gateway to taking challenging mathematics courses in high school and college.(3) Having learned some algebr
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- Why Test Students in Fourth Grade Reading and Eighth Grade Mathematics?
