Just 30% of Illinois 4th graders read at proficiency standards by 6ixStringJack

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Just 30% of Illinois 4th graders read at proficiency standards

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UPDATED: Tuesday, April 22, 2025 03:19
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Monday, April 21, 2025 8:32 PM

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04-b1eff240b65c.html

What they're not telling you in the headline is that there are now 40 out of 50 states where only 1 out of 3 Fourth Graders can read at their own level.

Democrats did that.

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Tuesday, April 22, 2025 3:02 AM

JEWELSTAITEFAN

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https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_d91c7486-7950-4db0-80
04-b1eff240b65c.html

What they're not telling you in the headline is that there are now 40 out of 50 states where only 1 out of 3 Fourth Graders can read at their own level.

Democrats did that.

You just didn't give them enough money.

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Tuesday, April 22, 2025 3:19 AM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

Just geeking out here... some nitwit decided 20 or more years ago that phonetics was too old fashioned and that we needed a revolution in reading and instituted the 'whole word' aporoach.

Yes, I realize the English language, being a mishmash of Latin, Greek, Germanic and other origins isn't phonetic. But whats the point of having an alphabet if you're going to treat each word like a Chinese idiogram?

We kind of make that mistake with a lot if things. Instead of building on the past we have this notion that we'd be better off scrapping what was done in tbe past ;and starting fresh.

SOMETIMES you come up with profoundly useful approaches like that, but most things become useful thru a process of evolution.

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